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Peterhead, Longate, 'castle'

House (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Peterhead, Longate, 'castle'

Classification House (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Yokieshill

Canmore ID 21186

Site Number NK14NW 13

NGR NK 1348 4640

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Peterhead
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Banff And Buchan
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NK14NW 13 1348 4640.

(NK 1348 4640) Castle (NAT) (Site of)

OS 25" map, (1929).

This buiding stood at the N end of Longate and was a town-house not a castle. It was built probably c.1593, and demolished before 1793 (Findlay 1933).

Latterly it was an inn known as Yokieshill, a name still in use (Buchan 1819).

P Buchan 1819.

The site of this building/inn is now occupied by a factory. No further information - the name 'Yokieshill' is not known.

Visited by OS (RL) 17 December 1968.

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