Document record MAB62758 - MUDLINS DEN

Site of the stables of Hallgreen Castle (NO87SW0007) depicted on the OS 1st and 2nd edition, with a carriageway leading to the castle.

Site of the stables of Hallgreen Castle (NO87SW0007) depicted on the OS 1st and 2nd edition, with a carriageway leading to the castle. The 2nd edition also shows a walled yard on its east side. It is a substantial one-and-a-half storey stone built building, roofless and disused for circa 50 years. Standing building survey was carried out in 2014. The yard is surrounded by a 2 m high sandstone wall capped by sandstone coping. On the west side of the building are the remains of two small buildings. The building is rectangular in plan measuring 20 m by 8 m externally, with a gablet projecting from the centre of the east front. An arched cart/carriage entries flank the central gable. External wall faces are of dressed ashlar with small pinnings and dressed sandstone detailing. The internal faces are of rubble stone, and debris indicates a slate roof. Internally the north and south walls were plastered. The central room would have held timber lining for the horse stalls. There was evidence of three small outshot structures abutting the back of the west wall. The stables was intended solely for riding and carriage horses, and was probably built between 1800 and 1850. Site visit in 2022 as part of the SCAPE Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: a modern house now stands on the site.

MURRAY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES, 2014, SILLYFLATT FARM (HALLGREEN CASTLE STABLES) INVERBERVIE, ABERDEENSHIRE: STANDING BUILDING SURVEY, L1 SBS (Bibliographic reference). SAB5116.

ARCAHEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2015, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND. NEW SERIES, VOLUME 15, 2014, p.18 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5542.

SCAPE, 2023, COASTAL ZONE ASSESSMENT SURVEY ABERDEENSHIRE AND CITY OF ABERDEEN: CULLEN TO MILTON NESS, ID 14558 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4866.

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