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Arderg
Chapel (Medieval), House (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Arderg
Classification Chapel (Medieval), House (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Glen Dee; Auchendryne
Canmore ID 29755
Site Number NO19SW 2
NGR NO 1199 9031
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/29755
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Crathie And Braemar
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NO19SW 2 1199 9031.
The Roman Catholic Chapel at Auchendryne used by Father Charles Farquarson (between 1745 and 1781) became a dwelling house eventually and was ruinous in 1925. An inscribed stone marks his 'seat', a recess in a green mossy bank.
J Stirton 1925; F O Blundell 1909
At NO 1199 9031 are the remains of a building about 11.3 metres long, about 3.6 metres wide internally with walls about 0.6 metres thick and about 1.4 metres maximum height, thought locally to have been used by Father Charles Farquharson. An altar was built within the building in 1965 and a mass is held there anually.
Visited by OS (R L) 23 October 1967.
See also NO19SW 8 which forms Smith's site 1, and is described by him in the same sequence.
e) Substantial mortared foundations of house, 4.9m by 13.5m (walls 0.6m thick), standing to a height of 2m. Entrance midway to south and two windows. The house sits on top of older structure at bluff edge. Clearance heaps.
f) Above (e), a ruinous longhouse with one wall set into hillside, 10m by 5m with surviving chimney, fireplace, and grate. Possible porch foundations.
Sites a) to f) are all associated with land formerly in cultivation. Notable absence of surface stones.
J S Smith 1987.
