Boddam Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Boddam Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Canmore ID 21292
Site Number NK14SW 2
NGR NK 13209 41800
NGR Description Centred on NK 13209 41800
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21292
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Peterhead
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK14SW 2 13209 41800
(NK 1320 4180) Boddam Castle (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959).
The remains of the 15-16th century Boddam Castle consist of the entrance archway, surmounted by a low gable, and one or two smaller arches as well as the complete foundation. What may have been the hinges of a drawbridge were found when a trench was cut in front of the entrance in 1868.
This was a seat of the Keiths of Ludquharn.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92; J B Pratt 1901; J Ferguson 1900.
Boddam Castle comprises the remains of a curtain wall, c.33.0m square, with the entrance in the W consisting of the W gable of a building with a round arched doorway and square window above. Three gun-loops are visible. The footings of a range of buildings remain within the enclosure against the N and S walls.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (RL) 22 May 1972.
Air photographs: AAS/97/12/G25/1 and AAS/97/12/CT.
NMRS, MS/712/29.
NK 1320 4180 A watching brief was carried out in January 2006 during the construction of a new pathway leading to Boddam Castle. The castle lies c 3km S of Peterhead on a level promontory between two deep vertical sided sea inlets. It was built by the Keiths of Ludquharn and dates to the late 16th to early 17th century. The path was c 1.6m wide and was excavated to a maximum depth of c 300mm. No archaeological features or finds were evident.
Report lodged with Aberdeenshire SMR and NMRS.
Sponsor: Boddam Community Council.
JC Murray, 2006.
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