Blackhall Castle
Castle (Medieval), Country House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Blackhall Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval), Country House (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Blackhall Castle Estate; Blackhall Castle Policies; Black Hall
Canmore ID 36193
Site Number NO69NE 9
NGR NO 6701 9609
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36193
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Strachan
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
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(NO 6701 9609) Blackhall (NAT)
OS 6" map, Kincardineshire, 1st ed., (1864)
NO69NE 9.01 6736 9628 North Cottage
NO69NE 9.02 67330 95843 Mains of Blackhall
This mansion, which has been demolished, is said by Gibb to have been an early keep, with turrets and embrasured battlements, with later additions. The Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB, 1864), however, says it was built about 1771, from which period the Mains of Blackhall also date (HBD list No. 1).
A Gibb 1884; Name Book 1864.
Blackhall, an 18th - 19th century, mansion was demolished c. 1947 and apart from the garden wall, no trace survives. A modern bungalow now stands on the site. It is thought locally that an earlier castle had occupied the site before the 1771 structure, but no definite information could be obtained.
Mains of Blackhall is now derelict.
Visited by OS (R L) 19 April 1972.
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NMRS REFERENCE:
Blackhall Castle was demolished in 1946. Information from Demolitions catalogue held in RCAHMS.
ARCHITECT: Walker and Duncan - Gate lodge cottage - prop reconstruction 1945
Gamekeeper's House 1945
NMRS PLANS
F.A.M. MacDonald Collection
