Building record MAB37372 - SHANNO CASTLE

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Summary

Remains of a fortified house, probably a Laird's house.

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Grid reference	Centred NO 5651 7544 (35m by 31m) Centred at - Point
Map sheet	NO57NE
Civil Parish	Edzell
Authority	Aberdeenshire
Authority	Angus
Civil Parish	Strachan

Type and Period (5)

Full Description

Remains of a fortified house, probably a Laird's house. The 19th century antiquary, Jervise, records that the house was ruinous and known as Shanno Castle or more popularly 'The Castle' or 'Auldha' and that it was erected by the Lindsays of Edzell about 1607. The OS, in 1958, described the ruins as those of a strongly built house rather than a castle, situated on a flattish area high up the hillside overlooking the ruined farm of Shanno, whose construction is similar to, though lighter than, that of the 'Castle'. The ruins indicate a rectangular building, circa 14m x 6m, of mortared boulder construction. Part of the ruins have been used as a sheepfold. Still known as Shanno Castle locally in 1971.

Period Notes
Dated c.1607.

AAS/85/01/CT10, AAS/85/01/CT10 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB27232.

JERVISE, A., 1882, HISTORY & TRADITIONS OF THE LAND OF THE LINDSAYS, 40 (2nd ed.) (Bibliographic reference). SAB901.

Other Statuses/References

Authority: ANG;
NMR Card Number: NO57NE1;
NRHE Numlink: 35143;
Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO57NE0001;

External Links (1)

https://www.trove.scot/place/35143 (trove.scot link)

Sources/Archives (2)

--- SAB27232 Air-oblique Photograph: AAS/85/01/CT10. Colour Transparency. AAS/85/01/CT10.
--- SAB901 Bibliographic reference: JERVISE, A.. 1882. HISTORY & TRADITIONS OF THE LAND OF THE LINDSAYS. N. 40 (2nd ed.).