Archaeology Notes
Event ID 716154
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NMRS REFERENCE:
NT46NE 1.00 4724 6980 House
NT46NE 1.01 472 698 Wall
NT46NE 1.02 4714 6984 West Gate
NT46NE 1.03 4729 6986 East Gate
NT46NE 4 4716 6981 Chapel
NT46NE 3 4710 6997 Dovecot
NT46NE 39 4700 6967 Icehouse
NT46NE 46 4730 6992 Stable
(NT 4724 6980) Herdmanston (NR) (remains of)
(NT 4729 6986) East Gate (NR) (remains of)
(NT 4714 6984) West Gate (NR) (remains of)
OS 6" map (1969)
Herdmanston House is an L-shaped house of uncertain date. The main block measures 67' x 27' and the wing 30 1/2' x 36'. The plan and area of the structure suggest a late 16th c date but the thickness of the walls perhaps indicates an earlier date. The gateways date from the late 17th or early 18th c.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 1913
Herdmanston House was completely demolished a few years ago. An early 17th century painted ceiling was discovered in the ruin and presented to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] by Lord Sinclair. Nothing remains of the East Gate, but one pillar of the West Gate is still standing (S Maxwell 1956).
Visited by OS (BS) 20 August 1975
Herdmanstoun (sic) was mainly of 17th century date.
C McWilliam 1978.