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Grantown-on-spey, General

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Burgh (Medieval), Town (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Grantown-on-spey, General

Classification Burgh (Medieval), Town (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Castleton Of Freuchie

Canmore ID 75136

Site Number NJ02NW 22

NGR NJ 03 27

NGR Description Centred NJ 03 27

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Detail of mantlepieces and windows.
Detail of mantlepieces and windows.Floor plans and elevation of archway.Historic photograph. General view of The Square which has been dressed up with foliage and banners to celebrate the home coming of the laird. One reads 'Welcome to the Laird of Grant To the Land of his Fathers'.View of The Square showing the Grant Arms Hotel and part of Speyside House.Oblique aerial view of Grantown on Spey, looking SE.View of the square, Grantown-on-Spey, showing George Anderson's shop, a car and a horse-drawn carriage. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM NO.3: LINPLUM ALBUMDetails of windows.General oblique aerial view looking over the town, taken from the S.Roof plan and section.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Cromdale, Inverallan And Advie
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
  • Former County Morayshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ02NW 22 03 27

See also NJ02NW 5 Old Grantown Village; Market Cross

Erected a burgh of regality in 1694.

G S Pryde 1965.

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Architecture Notes

REFERENCE - Scottish Record Office

RHP 8969 c.1770 Plan of town

N.L.S. Fettercairn Papers MSS. Acc. 4796 Box 182. c.1800 Sketch of the Village of Grantown

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Photographic Survey (July 1954)

Photographs of buildings Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, by the Scottish National Buildings Record in July 1954.

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