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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 685319
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/685319
NO20SE 9 29721 04915
(NO 2972 0492) Kirkforthar House (NR)
OS 6" map (1938)
See also:
NO20SE 10 NO 29671 04911 Dovecot
Kirforthar House, which stood three storeys high was the seat of George Johnstone Lindsay in 1488. It has been considerably modernised and the moat which surrounded it has been filled in.
NSA 1845; Name Book 1854
Kirkforthar House - The ruinous shell of a three-storeyed 17th century house, was remodelled in the 18th century. The plan includes a main block measuring 65'10" from E-W by 24'6" transversely with a wing 32' long projecting 13'0" from the north wall.
RCAHMS 1933.
The remains of Kirkforthar House are generally as described by RCAHMS. There is no trace of the moat.
Revised at 25".
Visited by OS (RD) 12 April 1972
