Archaeology Notes

Event ID 686275

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO32SW 19 34753 21237

(NO 3474 2124) Mountquhanie (NR)

OS 6" map (1959)

For Mountquhainie House and associatied sites, see NO32SW 54.00.

The original building was a 16th century keep measuring externally 43 1/2' by 26', with three storeys below the wall-head. It is ruinous and covered in ivy. An outside stair, and a W range were added in the 17th century, two storeys high with a circular tower in the SW angle, which is used as a dovecot. Only the entrance of the S building remains, with a lintel inscribed '1683'. Another stone dated 1592, (not in situ) is above the backdoor of Home Farm. "Munquhane" is mentioned in 1459, and a charter dated 1547-8 specified the "tower, fortalice and manor-house"

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1892; RCAHMS 1933, visited 1927; SDD List

Mountquhanie Castle is as described above. The 17th century range has been restored and is occupied by estate workers.

Visited by OS (JLD) 2 November 1956 and (RD) 10 June 1970