Archaeology Notes
Event ID 671053
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NJ86NW 2 8089 6531.
(NJ 8089 6531) Castle (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Banffshire, 2nd e., (1905)
'The remains of what is supposed to have been the ancient residence of the Thane of Lightnot. All that now remains is an irregular green mound.'
Name Book 1869.
Apart from a very irregular grass-covered mound there is now no trace of a castle at the site. No local information could be obtained.
Visited by OS (RD) 5 February 1965.
No change.
Visited by OS (RL) 29 January 1968.
Stonehouse, site of castle (slight cropmark). Air photographs: AAS/97/12/G26/7 and AAS/97/12/CT.
NMRS, MS/712/29.