Building record MAB17258 - BANFF STATION
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Summary
Railway station and railway yards built by the Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway, depicted on historic OS maps.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 6867 6462 (247m by 115m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ66SE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Banff |
Type and Period (6)
Full Description
Railway station and railway yards built by the Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway, depicted on historic OS maps. These show the terminus building, goods shed, signal box, signal post, weighing machine and two other buildings. The station, opened in 1859, was formerly a 2 platform terminal station with an overall roof over one platform. The offices and a dwelling house were in a 2-storey rubble building, with a gabled frontage, on the end of the train shed. The line was taken over by the Great North of Scotland Railway in 1867. The line and station were closed in 1968. Test pits by MAS 2014 during a watching brief on initial groundworks for housing on the site of the yards showed only solid rock beneath thin topsoil.
Period Notes
Opened 1859.
Hume, JR, 1977, Industrial Archaeology of Scotland, 170 (Bibliographic reference). SAB730.
MURRAY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES, 2014, OLD RAILWAY YARD, SCOTSTOWN, BANFF, ABERDEENSHIRE: ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF, WB report (Bibliographic reference). SAB5137.
ARCAHEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2015, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND. NEW SERIES, VOLUME 15, 2014, p.18 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5542.
Sep 19 1977 , H77/96/3,5-11, H77/96/3,5-11 (Ground Photograph). SAB20442.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- NMR Card Number: NJ66SE123;
- NRHE Numlink: 163734;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ66SE0038;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/163734 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SAB20442 Ground Photograph: Sep 19 1977 . H77/96/3,5-11. Black & White. H77/96/3,5-11.
- --- SAB5137 Bibliographic reference: MURRAY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES. 2014. OLD RAILWAY YARD, SCOTSTOWN, BANFF, ABERDEENSHIRE: ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF. WB report.
- --- SAB5542 Bibliographic reference: ARCAHEOLOGY SCOTLAND. 2015. DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND. NEW SERIES, VOLUME 15, 2014. p.18.
- --- SAB730 Bibliographic reference: Hume, JR. 1977. Industrial Archaeology of Scotland. 170.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Feb 10 2016 2:37PM
