Site type TOWER HOUSE
Canmore ID 17478
Site Number NJ50NW 2
NGR NJ 54867 07393
Council ABERDEENSHIRE
Parish COULL
Former Region GRAMPIAN
Former District KINCARDINE AND DEESIDE
Former County ABERDEENSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NJ50NW 2 54867 07393


For nearby Corse House, see NJ50NW 62.00.

(NJ 5487 0739) Corse Castle (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)

Corse Castle, now a roofless ruin, was built by William Forbes in 1581. Its general form is L-shaped, and the two long faces each measure 36ft. In the middle of the southern face of this L-block is attached a round stair tower and, with another round tower on the NW corner the castle forms an unusual combination of L and Z plans.
W D Simpson 1949.

As described and illustrated by Simpson.
Visited by OS (NKB) 24 September 1968.

(GRC/AAS photographs and newspaper reference cited).
NMRS, MS/712/49.

Bogdan and Bryce, N and I B D (1991) 'Castles, manors and 'town houses' survey', Discovery Excav Scot
Page(s): 32

Castles of Aberdeenshire (1887) Castles of Aberdeenshire: historical and descriptive notes, Aberdeen
Held at RCAHMS D.5.11.HAY

Giles, J (1936) 'Drawings of Aberdeenshire castles', Aberdeen
Held at RCAHMS D.5.11.GIL

MacGibbon and Ross, D and T (1887-92) The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries, 5v Edinburgh
Page(s): vol. 2, 265-7 Held at RCAHMS F.5.21.MAC

Scottish Castle Survey (1988) 'A directory of the owners and occupiers of the castles, manors and 'town houses' {c.1050-c.1707} of Scotland: Grampian Region', Aberdeen
Page(s): 42, no.91/1 Held at RCAHMS B.2.1.CAS

Simpson, W D (1949a) The earldom of Mar: being a sequel to "The Province of Mar", 1943, Aberdeen
Page(s): 128 illust, plan Held at RCAHMS D.5.12.MAR