Archaeology Notes

Event ID 710283

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT07SE 5.00 07427 72364

NT07SE 5.01 NT 07409 72330 Astronomical Stone

NMRS REFERENCE

Built: late 16th century

Remodeled 1770.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

(NT 07427 72364) Kirkhill House was built c.1590, but was almost completely rebuilt by the Earl of Buchan in 1770-1. It is a 3-storeyed oblong block, 41' 2" x 22' 2", with walls of coursed rubble, skew-gables and a slated roof. There is a semi-circular newel-stair-tower (dated 1770) in the centre of the S front. A pedimented dormer and armorial panel from the house has been inserted in the steading wall. The Earl of Buchan asserts that Kirkhill House was originally built in 1483, but there is no evidence for this; it does not appear in record until 1596.

Buchan 1792; D MacGibbon and T Ross 1892; RCAHMS 1929, visited 1926; SDD List 1964.

Kirkhill House is as described, and undergoing extensive renovation. However, much of the steading has been demolished and the armorial panel could not be located.

Visited by OS (DWR), 7 March 1974.

As described by previous authority.

Visited by OS (BS), 3 November 1975.