Freefield
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Freefield
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Treefield
Canmore ID 18260
Site Number NJ63SE 25
NGR NJ 6760 3126
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18260
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Rayne
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ63SE 25 6760 3126
For nearby and successor country house, see NJ63SE 38.00.
(NJ 6761 3131) Freefield House (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1959)
(NJ 6760 3126). A mansion house of the Leith's dated 1754, which replaced a castle once situated about 50yds in front of it. Gordon's map, dated 1654, shows a castle here, but its date of erection can not be traced.
Name Book 1869.
No trace and no local knowledge of the earlier castle, and no further information.
Visited by OS (NKB) 27 March 1969.
There are no visible remains of a castle at Freefield; the present mansion dates to the mid-18th century and later.
Visited by RCAHMS (IF, JRS), 21 February 1996.
