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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 683140
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/683140
NJ72SW 134 74714 24771
Harlaw House, c. 1843, (?) William Henderson; 1883 additions. Built close to the spot wher the highland host camped before the (1411) Battle of Harlaw (NJ72SE 6), an eccentric group, born not of whimsy but rather a perfervid north-eastern world view. The earliest part, the harled cottage-style house with gablets over the first-floor windows, was originally a Free Church manse (the bay windows are an addition).
The narrow four-storeyed tower with full baronial parapet in rough red granite ashlar (and the thin angle turret on the original house) was built by Alexander Collie, Slate Merchant of Aberdeen 'as a tribute to the memory of those brave citizens of Ban Accord who along with their noble Provost Sir Robert Davidson fell fighting for their country's rights against the usurper Donald of the Isles on Friday 24 July 1411. George Fordyce & Co. Builders, Aberdeen' (plaque over door).
I Shepherd 1994.
