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Cushnie Castle

Castle (Medieval)

Site Name Cushnie Castle

Classification Castle (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Cushnie Burn

Canmore ID 17600

Site Number NJ51SW 14

NGR NJ 52 11

NGR Description NJ c. 52 11

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17600

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Leochel-cushnie
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ51SW 14 c. 52 11.

Cushnie, an old castle, seat of the Lumsdens in 1618, as evidenced by a coat of arms inscribed RL & ER 1618.

A Laing 1828.

No knowledge of a castle at Cushnie. It was probably replaced by Cushnie Lodge, built 1707 (NJ51SW 7).

Visited by OS (NKB) 7 October 1968.

Air photographs: AAS/89/09/S29/14-15, flown 27 July 1989.

NMRS, MS/712/51.

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