Building record MAB15939 - BEDE HOUSE
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Summary
Turf-covered footings of a rectangular building.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 6934 2357 (38m by 39m) Centred at - Polygon: Unknown Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ62SE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Oyne |
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Turf-covered footings of a rectangular building. There is a double entrance on its east side, one on either side of a central division. It is situated at the east side of a sub-rectangular enclosure 30m by 21m. The entrance to the enclosure is in the east, opposite to and connected to the entrance of the house. The foundations are now greatly reduced and difficult to make out in some areas, with trees growing within parts of the enclosure. A number of trenches were excavated in June - August 2018 as part of the Bennachie Landscapes Project. This showed that stonework survived to a depth of 1m. The walls were well made, circa 0.8m wide, and appeared to be too wide for a single-storey structure. A sloping plinth close to the entrance appears to confirm that it had an upper storey accessed via an external staircase.One cell lay to each side of this 'vestibule', each of the three doorways with a well-laid threshhold stone, the 'vestibule' paved with large irregular flattish stones, the adjoining cells possibly only with floors of beaten earth. Within the building a stone from a window-sill or linted contained three square-sectioned holes for window bars. The building appears to have been dismantled carefully, and although it had clearly been slated, very few fragments of roofing slate were found. A well-laid stone path led to the entrance. A reference to a post-reformation hospital on the estate could possible relate to this building, supported also by the absence of 19th century pottery. Most of the finds dated to the late 17th to 18th centuries.
ORDNANCE SURVEY, 1871, Ordnance Name Book, No70(1867) 75 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1360.
HOLLAMBY, K, 2000, BEDE HOUSE, REPORT (Bibliographic reference). SAB826.
SURVEY
CACHART, R, 2000, Gazetteer of Medieval Hospital Sites (Bibliographic reference). SAB3877.
ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2019, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 19, 2018, p. 19 (Bibliographic reference). SAB6524.
MILLER, C, 2019, PITTODRIE BEDE HOUSE ARCHIVAL RESEARCH BLOP11, IN SHEPHERD, C. (ED) BENNACHIE AND THE GARIOCH, 4, 87-103. (Bibliographic reference). SAB7588.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- NMR Card Number: NJ62SE3;
- NRHE Numlink: 18183;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ62SE0003;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/18183 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SAB1360 Bibliographic reference: ORDNANCE SURVEY. 1871. Ordnance Name Book. No70(1867) 75.
- --- SAB3877 Bibliographic reference: CACHART, R. 2000. Gazetteer of Medieval Hospital Sites. Y.
- --- SAB6524 Bibliographic reference: ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND. 2019. DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 19, 2018. p. 19.
- --- SAB7588 Bibliographic reference: MILLER, C. 2019. PITTODRIE BEDE HOUSE ARCHIVAL RESEARCH BLOP11, IN SHEPHERD, C. (ED) BENNACHIE AND THE GARIOCH, 4, 87-103..
- --- SAB826 Bibliographic reference: HOLLAMBY, K. 2000. BEDE HOUSE. REPORT.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Jan 20 2023 12:32PM
