Archaeology Notes

Event ID 665704

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ24SE 13 27940 44451

(NJ 2795 4444) Easter Elchies (NAT)

OS 6" map, (1959)

An old house which belonged to Patrick Grant, Lord Elchies in the early 18th century, from which time the building is said to date, but the authors were inclined to think it must be older. It was almost rebuilt in 1857 but the restored structure well preserves the old Scottish character. A panel in the west wall bears the date 1700.

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92.

Easter Elchies, a typical T-plan laird's house of 17/18th century date with 19th century modifcations now unoccupied and becoming ruinous. It is a domestic structure of no great importance.

Visited by OS (N K B) 27 January 1969.