Building record MAB31421 - BRAEMAR CASTLE

Remains of the 17th to 19th century designed landscape of Braemar Castle (NO19SE0002).

Remains of the 17th to 19th century designed landscape of Braemar Castle (NO19SE0002). A desk-based assessment and walkover survey of the castle environs was carried out by MAS in 2013 as part of a wider landscape survey. Several prints and photographs provide details of changes to the castle grounds in the 19th and early 20th century. In the 18th century the road ran along the north side of the castle to the ford (it was replaced by the military road, now partly the A93, in 1753-4) and maps suggest some ancillary buildings to the east of the castle. At this time the ground north and east of the castle was unenclosed and shown as rig and furrow. In the early 19th century the main changes in the landscape are the addition of trees north, east and west of the castle, although in the wider environs agricultural improvements included enclosing the ground to form the present field boundaries. Photographs of the 1870s show a paling fence around the base of the mound with a gate to the south. By the time of the OS 2nd edition map, trees had been planted in some of the ground between the castle and the present road, and a curving driveway built. A kitchen garden is also shown, two small lean-tos added to the external angles of the curtain wall and a new freestanding building added to the north.

MURRAY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICE, 2013, BRAEMAR CASTLE ENVIRONS, ABERDEENSHIRE: ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK TOP AND WALKOVER SURVEY, DBA/Walkover Rep (Bibliographic reference). SAB5154.

ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2014, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 14, 2013, p.17 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5483.

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Apr 24 2023 4:37PM