Field Visit

Date 25 April 2013

Event ID 993336

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/993336

NO 70721 61654 A desk-based assessment and walkover survey were undertaken on 25 April 2013 of Sunnyside Hospital. The work was designed to compliment a conservation plan being produced by Simpson and Brown Architects. Sunnyside Hospital has its origins in the foundation of the Montrose Lunatic Asylum and Dispensary in 1781, which was located in Montrose. In 1858 the hospital moved to a purpose built site on Sunnyside Farm to the NW of the town. Overcrowding led to continued expansion, with the completion of Carnegie House in 1899 and further development during the early to mid-20th century. The hospital came under NHS control in 1946 and in the late 20th century underwent a series of phased closures, culminating in the final closure of the site to patients in 2011. No archaeological sites of note were recorded during the preliminary research or the walkover survey.

Archive: Aberdeenshire Council HER and RCAHMS (intended)

Funder: Jones Lang LaSalle

Ross Cameron, Addyman Archaeology, 2013

(Source: DES)