Old Slains Castle
Cannon(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Old Slains Castle
Classification Cannon(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Slains Castle
Canmore ID 292694
Site Number NK03SE 19
NGR NK 0533 3001
NGR Description NK 0533 3001 and NK 0535 3000
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/292694
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Slains
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK03SE 19 0533 3001 and 0535 3000
See also NK03SE 2.
Location formerly entered as NK c. 0532 3000.
Two cast iron guns have been reported in the vicinity of Old Slains Castle (NK03SE 2), one of them on a mock carriage and the other lying loose.
Information from Mr Philip Robertson, Senior Inspector of Marine Archaeology, Historic Scotland, 7 February 2007.
The date and significance of these cannon remain unclear. They may have been recovered from one or more of the historic shipwrecks found nearby, rather than associated with the castle itself.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 February 2008.
Old Slains: the unmounted gun lies just beside the castle at NK 0533 3001 and the mounted one is at NK 0535 3000
overlooking the bay to the north.
Visited by Mrs M Greig (Aberdeenshire Council, Planning and Environmental Services), 16-17 February 2008.
