Archaeology Notes

Event ID 689855

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO55SE 4.00 56227 50460

NO55SE 4.01 Centred NO 5618 5077 Home Farm

NO55SE 4.02 NO 56672 50484 East Gateway and Lodge

NO55SE 4.03 Centred NO 56239 50570 Walled Gardens

NO55SE 4.04 NO c. 562 504 Old Garden Gate

NO55SE 4.05 NO c. 562 405 Sundial

NO55SE 4.06 NO 55939 50190 West Lodge (Rescobie ph.)

NO55SE 4.07 NO 55884 50374 Icehouse (Rescobie ph.)

NO55SE 4.08 NO 5608 5046 Boathouse

NO55SE 4.09 centred NO 5605 5043 Pond and dam (part in Kirkden ph.)

See also NO55SE 42 Railway Bridge; West Gate

(NO 5621 5046) Guthrie Castle (NAT) Tower (NR)

OS 6" map, (1969)

Guthrie Castle, an old square tower to which a modern mansion has been added, is said to have been erected by Sir David Guthrie in 1468. The old castle consists of a tower, 40' x 31' with walls 5' - 8' thick. The building has been restored and a boldly-corbelled parapet added in modern times.

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92.

The 15th century keep occupies the NW angle of modern Guthrie Castle, the residence of Lt Col I Guthrie. It remains in a good state of preservation but most window insertions and all the roof features from the corbelled parapet upwards are modern.

Visited by OS (JLD) 29 July 1975.