Archaeology Notes

Event ID 685665

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO22NW 7.00 22789 27468

(NO 2280 2745) Fingask Castle (NR)

OS 6" map (1901)

NO22NW 7.01 NO 22810 27451 Mercat Cross

NO22NW 7.02 NO 22833 27442 Sundial; 'Mermaid Structure'.

NO22NW 7.03 NO 2282 2746 and NO 2287 2749 Statues; Garden Ornaments; Tracery; Font

NO22NW 7.04 NO 22749 27438 Sundial; 'Horse Head Sundial'.

NO22NW 7.05 NO 2271 2745 Kennels

NO22NW 7.06 NO 2266 2738 Dovecot

NO22NW 7.07 NO 2257 2724 Folly

NO22NW 7.08 NO 22958 27211 Walled Garden

NO22NW 7.09 NO 222 275 Farmsteading

NO22NW 7.10 NO 2331 2725 Lodge

NO22NW 7.11 NO 2291 2793 Sawmill

NO22NW 7.12 NO 22858 27601 Well

NO22NW 7.13 NO 22881 27642 Bridge

NO22NW 7.14 NO 2275 2755 Stables

NO22NW 7.15 NO 24570 26342 Lodge

NO22NW 7.16 NO 229 271 Paving

NO22NW 7.22 NO c. 22810 27423 Sundials

See also:

NO22NW 9 NO 2293 2716 Standing Stone (within policies)

NO22NW 20 NO c. 22 27 Beaker ('Fingask Estate')

Architect: Mills & Shephard large scale demolition and alterations 1925

William & David Anderson sculptors Scottish characters in garden.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

Fingask Castle is a seat of the Threeplands. It stood a siege in 1642 and was partially demolished in 1746. A portion of the old castle, however, bears the date 1194. It has been greatly enlarged and modernised since 1746.

T Hunter 1897.