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Fyvie Castle, Old Home Farm Excavation
Date 1995
Event ID 976312
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/976312
In 1995 Scotia Archaeology Ltd undertook to clear the steading of large quantities of debris; and to record the principal features of interest exposed within its buildings and in its two principal courtyards.
The main courtyard measured 36m east - west by 24m wide and was surrounded by ranges of buildings; those on its north, east and south sides opening onto cobbled paths around the sides of the yard. These buildings included a threshing barn, diesel bay, byre, pig sty, wintering shed and stabling for ponies and traps. In the centre of the courtyard was a sunken, rectangular dung pit which was lined with a stone retaining wall. At some stage, the pit was foreshortened at its west end; at a later date it was reduced further to form an almost square pit whose sides were raised by the addition of concrete walls.
The smaller, east courtyard measured 21m north - south by 10.5m east - west and was accessed through an arched pend over which sat a dovecot tower (perhaps the original farm entrance). The inner courtyard was surfaced with cobbles although many of these had been removed in recent years. Along the east side of this area were open fronted cart sheds; at the south end of which was a chaumer which extended into the south range at first floor level. The ground floor of this building served latterly as a stable although this did not appear to have been its original function.
Information from NTS (SCS) March 2014
