Archaeology Notes

Event ID 711228

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT08NE 6 08748 87215

(NT 0874 8722) Pittencrieff House (NAT)

OS 25"map, (1926)

The old mansion of Pittencrieff, which stands in Pittencrieff Glen, has been conserved and adapted for use as a museum. It consists of an oblong main block, lying E-W, with an oblong stair-way projecting from the middle of the S side. When built by Sir Alexander Clerk in 1610, it was three storeys in height. In 1731, the roof was raised and another storey added. The masonry is harled.

RCAHMS 1933.

The house is as described.

Visited by OS (D W R) 18 February 1974.