Carse Grey

Nearest town:
Forfar (3km SSW)
OS reference:
NO462538
OS sheet:
54
Latitude:
56° 40' 22.24 N
Longitude:
2° 52' 40.93 W
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Carse Grey

nickbrand
nickbrand Jul 18, 2003

Visited here late this morning. It lies on the Carse Grey estate, so ask at the house for permission – this was readily granted, and after making friends with her 3 labradogs, the lady of the house took me up the track to show me the remains of the four poster. She turned out to be interested in dowsing, and a friend of hers apparently had dowsed the circle and found a line running from it directly down to the big house. There has been recorded habitation on this site since the 14th century, and probably long before that. An underground spring supplies the house – a spiral stair still survives of the original 14th century fortified house.

The circle itself is very overgrown, hundreds of fireweeds (rosebay willowherb) and a lot of brambles, unfortunately not yet ripe! Three stones survive of the four poster, no significant markings on any of them, though the largest seems to be a favoured spot for hunting owls, going by the debris left on top and round about.

Canmore says :“The westernmost of the three surviving stones of the is probable ‘four-poster’ was knocked down by a wind-thrown tree early in 1993. The stone was re-erected by the estate under the supervision of the area Inspector and warden. Investigation of the socket prior to re-erection revealed white quartz fragments and pebbles.”

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