Archaeology Notes

Event ID 669285

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ70NW 13.00 70452 05247

NJ70NW 13.01 70420 05290 Outbuilding

NJ70NW 13.02 70441 05240 Sundial

NJ70NW 13.03 70496 05246 Walled garden

NJ70NW 13.04 70283 05435 Barnyards of Midmar (mansion-house of the estate)

(NJ 7044 0525) Midmar Castle (NAT)

OS 6" map, (1959)

Midmar Castle, of the late 16th/early 17th century (probably .1570, is a 'Z' type castle with a square keep and diagonally opposed towers. The original building was burnt in 1593, and later reconstructed.

G M Fraser 1927; S Cruden 1960.

(Location cited as NJ 7044 0525; classified as Site of Regional Significance). Standing structure on shelf at altitude of 170m OD. Midmar Castle, built probably c. 1570 by architect George Bell (died 1575). Z-plan with small keep and diagonally opposed towers. The original building was built in 1593 and later reconstructed. Small bath-house adjoining round tower now removed. Reharled c. 1977 and recently restored.

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NMRS, MS/712/35.