Archaeology Notes

Event ID 665170

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ13NE 5 1848 3611

For Ballindalloch Castle (NJ 1785 3654) and associated buildings, see NJ13NE 4.00.

(NJ 1848 3611) Castle (NR). (Site of)

OS 6" map, Banffshire, 2nd ed., (1905)

Traces of a large building, said to be the old castle of Ballindalloch, were visible in 1869.

NSA 1836; Name Book 1869.

The turf-covered remains of a castle, almost certainly a 15th century towerhouse, situated on the NW end of a broad ridge protected on the N by a steep gully of the burn known as Castle Stripe, and in the W by a gentle slope; a reasonable defensive position. It measures internally 14.6m NE-SW by 8.7m NW-SE, with walls of rubble masonry bonded with lime mortar, 2.4m thick. Only a broken single course of the inner and outer wall faces are discernible, but the wall core survives to a maximum height of 1.7m. A short section of walling leading from the W angle, and some ground disturbance to the NW of the castle may indicate the presence of a courtyard or outbuildings.

Revised at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (N K B) 12 July 1967.