Title: |
Crathes Castle South Lawn, Aberdeenshire: Archaeological Excavation |
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Murray Archaeological Services Ltd (MAS) unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An excavation in the south lawn at Crathes Castle targeted a number of anomalies revealed in a geophysical survey undertaken in 2013 by Rose Geophysical Consultants. The excavation revealed part of a previously unknown courtyard which would have formed the approach from the River Dee towards the late 16th -century castle. Part of the W wall was excavated and within the W side of the courtyard there were considerable remains of a stone-walled building 3.7m wide internally and c.6-7m long. It had an entrance in the E side with a stone threshold. An internal wall divided the interior into two rooms. There were traces of white plaster on the inner faces of the walls. The original floor of cobbles survived in the N room, but much of the interior of the S room had been dug away by a later soak-away. Several pieces of dressed stone were in the demolition debris. Stone pathways outside the building extended across the courtyard. A number of smaller trenches indicated the probability that this building was mirrored on the E side of the courtyard, the two buildings flanking the access road from the S. The whole courtyard appears to have been dismantled in the later 18th century as an estate map of 1798 shows the area as the lawn it is today. At the S end of the lawn, although there were no surviving features, a handful of flints, emphasised the importance of these ridges beside the River Dee throughout early prehistory. |
Author: |
Hillary K Murray
J Murray
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Publisher: |
Murray Archaeological Services Ltd (MAS)
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic Environment Scotland (OASIS Reviewer)
Aberdeenshire, Angus, Moray and Aberdeen City (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2015
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Locations: |
Site: |
Crathes Castle South Lawn |
County: |
Aberdeenshire |
Parish: |
BANCHORY-TERNAN |
Country: |
Scotland |
Grid Reference: 373410, 796800 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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CERAMIC
(Object England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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CERAMIC
(Object England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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GLASS
(Find)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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CASTLE
(Monument Type Scotland)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
mas1-207527 |
OBIB: |
MAS 2014-08 |
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Note: |
PDF/A and bound A4 report
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Created Date: |
05 Apr 2018 |