Archaeology Notes

Event ID 690221

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO55SW 10 5103 5177.

(NO 5103 5177) Barnsdale Castle (NR) (site of)

OS 6" map, (1969)

The alleged site of Barnsdale or Rescobie Castle on a former island, possibly artificial (Stuart 1868), now connected to land by either a natural ridge or a causeway.

There appears to be no evidence for the existence of a castle (Jervise 1861), although a great quantity of stone is said to have existed here at the beginning of the 19th century (Carrie 1881).

Donald Bane (late 11th century) is said to have been imprisoned in this castle.

New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; A Jervise 1861; J Stuart 1868; J Carrie 1881.