Scheduled Monument

Panmure Castle and MoatSM2870

Status: Designated

Documents

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The legal document available for download below constitutes the formal designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The additional details provided on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not form part of the designation. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information.

Summary

Date Added
24/12/1969
Last Date Amended
06/12/2000
Type
Secular: castle
Local Authority
Angus
Parish
Panbride
NGR
NO 54448 37698
Coordinates
354448, 737698

Description

The main part of the monument consists of a the remains of a quadrangular stone-built castle with rectangular towers at the angles, and the remains of ranges around the perimeter of the enclosed courtyard. It is thought to be of thirteenth-century date, but with considerable later modifications. Some distance to the north is a a substantial earthwork rampart and a deep ditch that is usually filled with water. The monument was first scheduled in 1969 as two separate elements, but it is now appreciated that there are likely to be significant archaeological remains in the area between the rectangular castle and the rampart and ditch, and a larger area is now to be scheduled which includes both elements.

The area to be scheduled is irregular on plan, measuring 140m due N-S and a maximum of 105m E-W. The area is marked in red on the accompanying map extract.

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About Scheduled Monuments

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Scheduling is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for monuments and archaeological sites of national importance as set out in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.

We schedule sites and monuments that are found to be of national importance using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Scheduled monument records provide an indication of the national importance of the scheduled monument which has been identified by the description and map. The description and map (see ‘legal documents’ above) showing the scheduled area is the designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The statement of national importance and additional information provided are supplementary and provided for general information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within the statement of national importance or additional information. These records are not definitive historical or archaeological accounts or a complete description of the monument(s).

The format of scheduled monument records has changed over time. Earlier records will usually be brief. Some information will not have been recorded and the map will not be to current standards. Even if what is described and what is mapped has changed, the monument is still scheduled.

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