Maryton
Fortified House (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Tower (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Maryton
Classification Fortified House (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Tower (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Socketed Axehead (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) 'The Landis Of Maritoun'
Canmore ID 35669
Site Number NO65NE 18
NGR NO 68 56
NGR Description NO c. 68 56
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35669
- Council Angus
- Parish Maryton
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO65NE 18 68 56
'The landis of Maritoun...with the tower, fortalice, manor place....' were part of the property of James Graham, late Earl of Montrose - mentioned in a deed of 1645 - which dispossessed him of his estates.
A J Warden 1880-5.
Note (1978)
Maryton NO65NE 18
The tower, fortalice and manor place of 'Maritoun' were amongst the possessions confiscated from the Earl of Montrose in 1645.
RCAHMS 1978
(Warden 1880-85, iv, 325)
Casual Observation (2015)
NO 68 56 Fragment of metal socketed axehead. The axe has been fractured in antiquity revealing the internal socket. Late Bronze Age.
Accessioned into Montrose Museum and Art Gallery collection (M2015.16)
Funder: Angus Council
Source: DES, Volume 16
