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Dundarg Castle

Aberdeenshire, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2983

Dundarg Castle is a promontory fort in Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Other names on the record: Dundargue Castle, Castle of Dundarg, and Cathair of Abbordobor.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, and an enclosed area of 0.12 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a coastal promontory and at 20 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes parkland and built-up land.

Dating evidence is recorded (Artefactual and Other).

A scheduled monument number is recorded (2450).

Location

Atlas number
SC2983 (2983)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Aberdeenshire
Historic county
Aberdeenshire
Parish, community, or townland
Aberdour
National Grid reference
NJ 8951 6491
Latitude
57.67401
Longitude
-2.17751
Altitude
20 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 1, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.12 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
parkland and built-up land

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating evidence
Artefactual and Other
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Finds
metal
Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1794); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1871); Excavation (1911); Excavation (1912); Excavation (1950); Excavation (1951); Other (1963); Other (1967); Earthwork Survey (1979); Excavation (1981); Other (2004)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
2450
HER
Aberdeenshire Historic Environment Record NJ86SE0014
National record
record NJ 86 SE 17; monument 19958
Wikidata
Q2969168

Sources

References

  1. Beveridge, W (1914) 'Notes on excavations at Dundargue Castle, Aberdeenshire, and on a stone circle and grave at New Deer, Aberdeenshire'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 48 (1913-14), 184-92
  2. Fojut and Love, N and P (1981) 'Dundarg (Aberdour p): castle and fort'. Disc Exc Scot (1981), 11
  3. Fojut and Love, N and P (1983) 'The defences of Dundarg Castle, Aberdeenshire'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 113 (1983), 449-56
  4. Simpson, W D (1954) Dundarg Castle: a history of the site and a record of the excavations in 1950 and 1951, Aberdeen University Studies 131 (1954). Edinburgh
  5. Simpson, W D (1960) 'Dundarg Castle reconsidered'. Trans Buchan Fld Club 17 (1960), 9-25