Auldearn, General

Burgh (Medieval), Town (Medieval)

Site Name Auldearn, General

Classification Burgh (Medieval), Town (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Earn

Canmore ID 15555

Site Number NH95NW 27

NGR NH 9188 5546

NGR Description Centred NH 9188 5546

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15555

Digital Images

DP 187444

Photographs from report of Archaeological Watching Brief of Church Road by Boath Road, Auldearn, for Ewen Gillies Builders Ltd.

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Stuart Farrell

5/2003

DP 187445

Photographs from report of Archaeological Watching Brief of Church Road by Boath Road, Auldearn, for Ewen Gillies Builders Ltd.

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Stuart Farrell

5/2003

SC 1676270

General oblique aerial view centred on the town, church, dovecot and remains of the motte taken from the NW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

12/2/2003

SC 1676274

General oblique aerial view centred on the town, church, dovecot and remains of the motte taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

12/2/2003

DP 187443

Photographs from report of Archaeological Watching Brief of Church Road by Boath Road, Auldearn, for Ewen Gillies Builders Ltd.

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Stuart Farrell

5/2003

SC 1676273

General oblique aerial view centred on the town, church, dovecot and remains of the motte taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

12/2/2003

SC 2368489

Auldearn, General, NH95NW 27, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

1958

SC 1676271

General oblique aerial view centred on the town, church, dovecot and remains of the motte taken from the WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

12/2/2003

DP 092013

General oblique aerial view of Auldearn, looking to the SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

22/7/2010

SC 1676272

General oblique aerial view centred on the town, church, dovecot and remains of the motte taken from the SSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

12/2/2003

Collections

Administrative Areas

Council Highland
Parish Auldearn
Former Region Highland
Former District Nairn
Former County Nairn

Activities

Field Visit (May 1978)

RCAHMS: The Archaeological Sites and Monuments of Nairn District

Auldearn NH c.91 55 NH95NW

This burgh is first referred to in the reign of William the Lion (1165-1214), with whom the matte on Dooket Hill (NH 917 556) is traditionally associated.

RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978

Pryde 1965, 12, no. 22; 56, no. 194; Simpson and Webster 1972, 183, no. 188; OS Record

Card N H 95 NW 11

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