Archaeology Notes

Event ID 689348

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO49NW 14 44000 99787

The cross-slab was removed from Loch Kinnord and taken to Aboyne Castle (NO59NW 3). In 1959 it was taken back to Loch Kinord where it was re-erected at approx, its original position (NO 4400 9988).

(Undated) manuscript information on OS Record Card.

The alleged chapel of the castle on Loch Kinord (NO49NW 16) stands on the north shore of the loch, rather to the east of Castle Island. Its remains are 52 feet long and 18 feet wide internally and there is an internal partition at each end.

'On the top of a brae called the Claggan, not far from the chapel...' (J Stuart 1868) stood a Class III cross-inscribed slab (J R Allen and J Anderson 1903)... removed to the park at Aboyne "(Stuart 1868) but restored as near as possible to its original position in 1959. (SDD 1965) It is 6ft 3ins high, 3ft 1in wide and 1ft thick (J R Allen and J Anderson 1903).

J Stuart 1868; J R Anderson and J Anderson 1903; SDD 1960-.