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Pitfour House Estate, Observatory

Observatory (19th Century)

Site Name Pitfour House Estate, Observatory

Classification Observatory (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Pitfour House Estate; Pitfour House Policies; Drinnie's Wood

Canmore ID 80775

Site Number NJ94NE 73

NGR NJ 97349 49873

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/80775

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Oblique aerial view of Pitfour House Observatory, looking to the S.
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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Old Deer
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Banff And Buchan
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ94NE 73 97349 49873

Observatory (disused) [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1991.

Circular observatory, restored 1993.

NMRS, MS/712/6.

Air photograph: AAS/97/04/CT.

NMRS, MS/712/2.

Architecture Notes

1845, octagonal, three-storey and harled with its cornice and crenellated parapet.

C McKean 1990.

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