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Temple Church | Canmore Pricing Change New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered Upcoming Maintenance Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates: Thursday, 9 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Thursday, 23 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Hermitage Castle, Scottish Borders - Canmore Following the launch of trove scot in February 2025 we are now planning the retiral of some of our webservices Canmore will be switched off on 24th June 2025 Information about the closure can be found on the HES website: Retiral of HES web services | Historic Environment Scotland
Dalginross - Canmore The camp at Dalginross, lying on the plain to the south of the fort, was first recorded in 1755 by Roy (1793: 63–4, Pl XI) He planned the camp as an earthwork, but it has since been ploughed and is only now known as a cropmark It measures 318m from WSW to ENE by 293m, enclosing 9 2ha (almost 23 acres) Entrances are recorded on all four sides, all protected by Stracathro-type gates
Dun Mor | Canmore Dun Mor, Tighnaleac NH 457 451 NH44NE 8 This massively constructed dun measures about 24 2m by 16m within a wall about 5 5m in maximum thickness; on the S and E there is a second wall spread to about 4 5m in thickness The entrance is on the SE A triangular area below the outwork on the S, is enclosed by a non-defensive wall RCAHMS 1979, visited March 1979 (Wallace 1886, 343; Feachem 1977, 128)
Ardlair - Canmore Ardlair, Aberdeenshire, Pictish symbol stone Measurements: H 1 12m above ground, W up to 0 99m, D c 0 36m Stone type: grey gneiss Place of discovery: NJ 5547 2784 Present location: in situ on a spur to the south-east of Ardlair stone circle Evidence for discovery: the symbols were first recognised by Coles in 1901, incised on one of two standing stones, presumably outliers of the stone
Whithaugh Tower - Canmore NY48NE 12 4888 8801 (NY 4887 8798) Tower (NR) (Site of) OS 6" map (1957) Only the foundations of Whithaugh Tower remained in 1795, and in 1931 the only surviving portion was an unvaulted cellar, partly underground An armorial stone dated (?) 1552 and insribed BIGIT B (E) LONSI ARMSTRONG, taken from it, has been inserted above the entrance to the modern mansion of Whithaugh RCAHMS 1956
Woodside House - Canmore NS35NW 26 34752 55411 House incorporates tower of 1551 with mid 17th century alterations; 1759, turrets from tower removed, 3 additional bays added and placed under one roof to give symetrical entrance front Late 19th century; tower raised by 1 storey and attic to give present appearance Rear additions 1848 Pedimented porch, probably circa 1870 Small dated (1551) panel set between storeys
Cromarty - Canmore NH 7941 6722 The Cromarty Medieval Burgh Community Archaeology Project was developed after winter storms and high tides in December 2012 revealed extensive medieval and post-medieval archaeological deposits on the E side of the town In the spring of 2013 a geophysical survey (see entry above) was conducted in Reed’s Park, the greenfield site adjacent to the shoreline erosion, to assess the
Skene House - Canmore Skene House, from 14th century King Robert (Bruce) granted the barony of Skene to Robert Skene in 1318; it was held by his male descendants until 1827, during which time was erected one of the largest towerhouses in Scotland (early 14th century - reputedly the first stone-and-lime castle in Mar) Originally having three vaults, it was massive and brooding, was gutted and remodelled, 1680, and
Cairn Hill - Canmore A whinstone quarry is depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey six-inch map (1860: Ayrshire sheet XLVI), 2nd Edition (1897:Ayrshire sheet XLVI ) and 1911 (Ayrshire sheet XLVI) Edition maps Field survey recorded the quarry which was 26 m x 13 m and a maximum of 3 5 m deep, and was presumed to have been used for the construction of the dry-stone wall which lies to the immediate east