Alternative Names Auchmedden Castle
Site type CASTLE
Canmore ID 19950
Site Number NJ86SE 1
NGR NJ 8510 6471
Council ABERDEENSHIRE
Parish ABERDOUR (BANFF AND BUCHAN)
Former Region GRAMPIAN
Former District BANFF AND BUCHAN
Former County ABERDEENSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NJ86SE 1 8510 6471.

(NJ 8510 6471) Castle (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map, (1959)

A castle, supposedly 16th century,is situated on the bank of a ravine leading to the village of Pennan. Formerly owned by the Bairds of Auchmedden, the only remains now existing are a position of the south wall and a few scattered stones (Ferguson 1913).
Name Book 1870; J Ferguson 1913.

No trace of a castle could be found at the site, which is now under cultivation. No further information could be obtained locally.
Visited by OS (RD) 5 February 1965.

Bogdan and Bryce, N and I B D (1991) 'Castles, manors and 'town houses' survey', Discovery Excav Scot
Page(s): 25

Coventry, M (2001) The castles of Scotland Musselburgh
Page(s): 64 Held at RCAHMS F.5.2.COV

Ferguson, J (1913b) 'The old castles of Buchan', Trans Buchan Fld Club, vol.10
Page(s): 80