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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 668331

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/668331

NJ61NE 5.00 68886 15461

For Pictish symbol stone or cross-slab formerly in house and now in church, see NJ61NE 4.

NJ61NE 5.01 6888 1545 Monymusk, Reliquary

NJ61NE 5.02 69092 15306 House of Monymusk, Home Farm

For possible ice-house at Clyan's Wood (NJ 6766 1547), see NJ61NE 80.

(NJ 6888 1545) House of Monymusk (NAT)

OS 6" map, (1959)

Monymusk Castle (D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92) or House of Monymusk, an L-plan building dating from about 1587 to which two storeys were added in the 18th century and wings at a later date. The round tower at the SE corner is probably one of the angle-towers of the barmekin wall. The ruins of the priory of Monymusk (NJ61NE 8) are said to have served as a quarry for the building.

The property belonged to the Forbes family until 1712 when it passed to the Grants of Monymusk who are still in possession.

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92; W D Simpson 1925; N Tranter 1962-70.

House of Monymusk (information from Lady Grant, House of Monymusk) as described and planned. Still occupied and in good order.

Visited by OS (ISS) 25 July 1973.

No change to previous field report.

Visited by OS (NKB) 19 August 1976.

Visible on air photographs AAS/89/09/S29/2-3, flown 27 July 1989, AAS/93/14/G27/23-30, flown 27 October 1993 and also AAS/93/G28/1-3, flown 27 October 1993. Copies held by Grampian Regional Council.

Information from M Greig, Grampian Regional Council, March 1994.

Some stones in the house may be from Monymusk Priory.

Piers and recumbent stones off W drive.

Main gates, by Alexander Jaffrey, c. 1719-20.

Centre piers, flank walls and terminal piers of 19th century date.

(Additional bibliography cited).

NMRS, MS/712/56.

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