Archaeology Notes

Event ID 661060

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH56SE 2.00 NH 58931 64107

NH56SE 2.01 NH 58981 64315 Gate piers

NH56SE 2.02 NH 58744 64199 Mains of Foulis

NH56SE 2.03 NH NH 58965 64104 and NH 58910 64136 Sundials

The Munros have experienced a succession of residences at Foulis since at least the later 13th or early 14th centuries. It is usually assumed that the present neo-Classical mansion was built de novo on a cleared site to replace a burnt-out stone castle. The house and its adjacent ranges bear datestones of 1754, 1777 and 1792, but there are some features that clearly antedate this 18th-century building; the plan and details of the northern wing to the rear of the kitchen are probably ascribable to the later 17th century; 16th- or 17th-century architectural fragments are grouped in re-use in the central basement area; and a barrel-vaulted chamber in one of the courtyard buildings appears to be of similar age.

NMRS record sheet RCR/21/1

G Stell 1986.