Montrose's Trench
Earthwork (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Montrose's Trench
Classification Earthwork (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Montrose's Dike; Craigton; Hattonburn
Canmore ID 18559
Site Number NJ70SW 4
NGR NJ 7170 0036
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18559
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Banchory-ternan
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NJ70SW 4 7170 0036
(NJ 7170 0036) Montrose's Trench (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Kincardineshire, 2nd ed., (1904)
From the map this would appear to be a medieval moated house site.
O G S Crawford 1949.
'Montrose's Dike', said to be an encampment of Montrose.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.
'Originally a trench...It was filled in when the surrounding land was cultivated but a very slight depression on the ground still shows its position.
Name Book 1864.
Montrose's Trench, situated in a pasture field, is an extremely vague depression, 0.3m deep, forming 3 sides of a rectangle, almost completely ploughed out, rendering survey action impractical.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS January 1965.
Little remains visible of this rectangular ditched enclosure (formerly about 50m across); it is probably of medieval or later date.
RCAHMS 1984, visited January 1983.
Name Book 1864; NSA 1845; O G S Crawford 1949.
This site is listed in an Atlas of Scottish History (McNeill and MacQueen 1996) as a moated site.
Information from RCAHMS (DE) September 1997.
(RCAHMS Marginal Lands Survey noted).
NMRS, MS/712/65.
Field Visit (1 May 1953)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Marginal Land Survey (1950-1962), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, are available to view online - see the searchable PDF in 'Digital Items'. These vary from short notes, to lengthy and full descriptions. Contemporary plane-table surveys and inked drawings, where available, can be viewed online in most cases - see 'Digital Images'. The original typecripts, notebooks and drawings can also be viewed in the RCAHMS search room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 19 July 2013.
