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Edzell Castle, Garden

Walled Garden (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Edzell Castle, Garden

Classification Walled Garden (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Mains Of Edzell

Canmore ID 68769

Site Number NO56NE 8.02

NGR NO 58487 69086

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Angus
  • Parish Edzell
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Angus
  • Former County Angus

Archaeology Notes

NO 584 691 An exploratory excavation was undertaken in February 2004 in a circular raised area, 3m in diameter, set in the centre of a stepped hexagonal terrace, 6.3m across. Removal of topsoil revealed a considerable amount of 18th- and 19th-century ceramics in imported topsoil. Revealed at a depth of c 1m was a mass of red sandstone boulders in a matrix of red grit and brown silt, in a pit cut into a light brown sand. This may have formed the foundation of a structure forming a centrepiece to the gardens, and pre-dated levelling with imported soil believed to have taken place in the 1930s.

Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.

Sponsor: HS.

D Stewart 2004

Activities

Photographic Survey (1955)

Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1955.

Aerial Photography (September 1970)

Oblique aerial photographs of Edzell Castle, Angus, taken by John Dewar in September 1970.

Excavation (9 February 2004 - 10 February 2004)

NO 584 691 An exploratory excavation was undertaken in February 2004 in a circular raised area, 3m in diameter, set in the centre of a stepped hexagonal terrace, 6.3m across. Removal of topsoil revealed a considerable amount of 18th- and 19th-centuryceramics in imported topsoil. Revealed at a depth of c 1m was amass of red sandstone boulders in a matrix of red grit and brown silt, in a pit cut into a light brown sand. This may have formed the foundation of a structure forming a centrepiece to the gardens,and pre-dated levelling with imported soil believed to have taken place in the 1930s.

D Stewart 2004

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

Kirkdale Archaeology

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