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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 709937
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/709937
NT04NE 7.00 05992 45692 Walston Mansion
NT04NE 7.01 0598 4569 Hunting Lodge
The hunting seat at Walston, occupied by the Earl of Mar in 1601, was a square tower, which was pulled down a few years before 1840 to build cow-houses, which now occupy the site.
NSA 1845 (J Wilson)
NT 0598 4569 - The interior of the only cow-house on the farm is at present being dug out to a depth of four feet. No remains of an earlier building have been found.
Visited by OS (DWR) 28 July 1971