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Loirston House
Country House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Loirston House
Classification Country House (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Cove Bay
Canmore ID 207511
Site Number NJ90SE 63
NGR NJ 9520 0144
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/207511
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Nigg (City Of Aberdeen)
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Kincardineshire
NJ90SE 63 9520 0144
Nothing is visible of Loirston House, which stood on land now occupied by a modern housing estate. The house is depicted as roofed on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Kincardineshire, 1869, sheet iv and 1904, sheet vii.NE respectively).
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 15 April 2002.
