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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 714773
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/714773
NT46SW 4.00 44909 64417
(NT 4491 6442) Keith Marischal (NR)
OS 6" map (1971)
NT46SW 4.01 NT 44861 64343 Steading
NT46SW 4.02 NT 4488 6433 Stables
NT46SW 4.03 NT 44380 64264 North Lodge
NT46SW 4.04 NT 44725 64061 South Lodge
NT46SW 4.05 NT 44887 64333 Dovecot
The building as it now stands consists of the original late 16th c L-planned house, to which has been added an L-shaped extension, to form three sides of a square. The hollow of this was filled in towards the end of the 19th c. Almost the entire roof-line was altered at this last period, and the crow-stepping of the gables has disappeared. The original house appears to have been a moderate-sized laird's house on an unusual version of the L-plan, a lofty, square tower projecting at the outer angle of the 'L'. This was reputedly built by George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal, in 1589, though it is possible that he merely added to an earlier house.
N Tranter 1962; D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887; RCAHMS 1924
Keith Marischal is generally as described. A bell, dated 1620, is situated over an archway at NT 4490 6431.
Visited by OS (BS) 29 July 1975.
