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Hill Of Eslie
Castle (Medieval)(Possible), Country House (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Garden (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Hill Of Eslie
Classification Castle (Medieval)(Possible), Country House (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Garden (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 35950
Site Number NO66NW 22
NGR NO 654 709
NGR Description NO c. 654 709
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35950
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Fettercairn
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO66NW 22 654 709.
'An old castle and a garden' are traditionally said to have existed on Hill of Eslie, but apart from a few boulders there is nothing to support this.
A C Cameron 1899.
Not located.
Visited by OS (R L) 25 August 1971.
Listed.
Scottish Castle Survey 1988; N Bogdan and I B D Bryce 1991.
Note (1982)
Eslie NO 654 709 NO67SE
Nothing remains of the building described as an 'old castle', which was probably the house of Eslie depicted on maps of 1774 and 1822.
RCAHMS 1982
(Garden 1776; Johnson 1822; Cameron 1899, 134; OS record card NO 66 NW 22)
