Pitmedden House
Coin(S), Mould (Stone)
Site Name Pitmedden House
Classification Coin(S), Mould (Stone)
Alternative Name(s) Pitmedden Garden; Pitmedden House Policies
Canmore ID 19618
Site Number NJ82NE 27
NGR NJ 885 280
NGR Description NJ c. 885 280
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19618
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Udny
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ82NE 27 c. 885 280.
For Pitmedden House (NJ 8844 2805) and associated buildings, discoveries and field monuments, see NJ82NE 33.00.
A double-sided slate brooch-mould, probably 15th century, found in the garden of Pitmedden House (NJ 88 28), was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1959-60 by the National Trust for Scotland.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1962.
Included in a display inside a building in the N W corner of Pitmedden Garden (NJ 8855 2802) is a collection of potsherds (undated), a silver penny of Henry III, two 17th century copper coins and a replica of the brooch-mould, donated to the NMAS. These were dug up at various times during the reconstruction of the garden between 1955 and 1961. No one at Pitmedden is able now to indicate the exact find spots.
Visited by OS (RL) 6 April 1972.
(Location cited as NJ 8855 2802).
NMRS, MS/712/80.
There is no change to the existing record.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 27 October 2003.
