Document record MAB61115 - CHAPEL COTTAGE
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Summary
Site of a moat.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NO 5773 5722 (65m by 44m) Centred at - Polygon: Unknown Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NO55NE |
| Civil Parish | Brechin |
| Authority | Angus |
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Site of a moat. Described by Jervise and the Ordnance Name Book as a moated enclosure adjoining Chapel cottage. The south side and angles, although defaced, of the rectangle could easily be traced in the 19th century, despite 'Hundreds of cartloads of stones' having been removed from it. Jervise has possibly confused this site with NO55NE0012 as he notes the Archdeacon's Barns as 'a curiously moated place with ditches and walls on West Drums farm'. Christison (circa 1900) noted that the 'moat' referred to on the OS map must have disappeared as he could see nothing 'but a cottage and garden beside a square enclosure, fenced by a low mound, on the top of which was a ruined wall'. When revisited by the OS in 1958, a bank 1.5 m high and topped by the overgrown remains of a stone wall was all that exists on the north and part of the east sides of this site. The bank is almost certainly modern. No trace of a ditch now exists in the surrounding cultivated field.
, (Photograph). SAB27374.
Jervise, A, 1861, [Untitled], 115 (Bibliographic reference). SAB12103.
WILSON, D, 1863, PREHISTORIC ANNALS OF SCOTLAND, VOL.2, 12, No. 47 (Bibliographic reference). SAB9376.
Christison, D, 1900, Proc Soc Antiq Scot 34, 50 (Bibliographic reference). SAB8701.
Name Book (County), n.d., [Untitled], Book No. 11, 102 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5762.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ANG;
- NMR Card Number: NO55NE10;
- NRHE Numlink: 34752;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO55NE0010;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/34752 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SAB12103 Bibliographic reference: Jervise, A. 1861. [Untitled]. 115.
- --- SAB27374 Photograph: . . .
- --- SAB5762 Bibliographic reference: Name Book (County). n.d.. [Untitled]. Book No. 11, 102.
- --- SAB8701 Bibliographic reference: Christison, D. 1900. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 34. 50.
- --- SAB9376 Bibliographic reference: WILSON, D. 1863. PREHISTORIC ANNALS OF SCOTLAND, VOL.2. N. 12, No. 47.
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Record last edited
Jan 7 2021 5:07PM
