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'Alford'

Motte (Medieval)

Site Name 'Alford'

Classification Motte (Medieval)

Canmore ID 147967

Site Number NJ51NE 148

NGR NJ 5 1

NGR Description Unlocated

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Alford
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ51NE 148 unlocated

See also NJ51NE 7.

There is [unspecified] documentary evidence for the presence of a motte at Alford.

NMRS, MS/712/50.

The location of this motte, which is referred to in unspecified documentary evidence, is not known.

Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 15 October 2003.

NMRS, MS/712/50.

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