Alternative Names Treefield
Site type CASTLE
Canmore ID 18260
Site Number NJ63SE 25
NGR NJ 6760 3126
Council ABERDEENSHIRE
Parish RAYNE
Former Region GRAMPIAN
Former District GORDON
Former County ABERDEENSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NJ63SE 25 6760 3126

For nearby and successor country house, see NJ63SE 38.00.

(NJ 6761 3131) Freefield House (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1959)

(NJ 6760 3126). A mansion house of the Leith's dated 1754, which replaced a castle once situated about 50yds in front of it. Gordon's map, dated 1654, shows a castle here, but its date of erection can not be traced.
Name Book 1869.

No trace and no local knowledge of the earlier castle, and no further information.
Visited by OS (NKB) 27 March 1969.

There are no visible remains of a castle at Freefield; the present mansion dates to the mid-18th century and later.
Visited by RCAHMS (IF, JRS), 21 February 1996.

Bogdan and Bryce, N and I B D (1991) 'Castles, manors and 'town houses' survey', Discovery Excav Scot
Page(s): 30

Ordnance Survey (Name Book) Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey (6 inch and 1/2500 scale)
Page(s): Book No. 77, 17 Held at RCAHMS Ref

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): 35, no.74/1 Held at RCAHMS B.2.1.CAS