Airds Of Kells
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Airds Of Kells
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 210349
Site Number NX67SE 52
NGR NX 67619 70480
NGR Description Centred on NX 67619 70480
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kells
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX67SE 52 67619 70480
NX 6765 7045 Architectural fragments used as rubble infill were found during the renovation of the N pavilion of the later
18th-century house of Airds of Kells. They consisted of a pointed arch window and two fragments with cable moulding and dogtooth decoration. A later medieval date has been suggested by Historic Scotland staff. There is no other evidence for an earlier house on the same site, but as the estate was associated with the Gordon family from the later 15th century, there is the possibility that there may have been an earlier building in the vicinity.
Archive deposited with the Stewartry Museum, Kirkcudbright.
Funder: Dumfries and Galloway Council, 2007.
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NX 6765 7045 Architectural fragments used as rubble infill were found during the renovation of the N pavilion of the later 18th-century house of Airds of Kells. They consisted of a pointed arch window and two fragments with cable moulding and dogtooth decoration. A later medieval date has been suggested by Historic Scotland staff. There is no other evidence for an earlier house on the same site, but as the estate was associated with the Gordon family from the later 15th century, there is the possibility that there may have been an earlier building in the vicinity.
Archive deposited with the Stewartry Museum, Kirkcudbright.
