Building record MAB15952 - CAIRN COUTY, BOGHEAD

Remains of small croft surviving as overgrown and tumbled walls, part of the Bennachie Colony, which had its origins in the 1830s, and was established on 'commonty' land shared between nine estates.

Remains of small croft surviving as overgrown and tumbled walls, part of the Bennachie Colony, which had its origins in the 1830s, and was established on 'commonty' land shared between nine estates. On an 1857 plan showing the division of the commonty it is named Cairn Couty (also known as Cairn Cootie/Cairn Couttie). The OS 1st edition map shows a roofless building with small enclosure on its west side, a rectangular enclosure to the south and a larger cleared field to the north. The cottage was excavated as part of Fetternear Research Project. The remains measure 7.9 m by 5 m, the walls reduced to low footings, although excavation shows that the cottage was once longer, extending about another 3 m to the east. Clearance of the tumble from inside the cottage revealed a built-in fireplace in the west gable. A small stone lined drain was also discovered in the cottage interior. Finds from the excavation included 19th century pottery, glass bottles, a clay pipe, burnt wood, remains of two shoes, a possible copper-alloy button and several pieces of iron. A There is a worked granite boulder making up part of the boundary wall (NJ62SE0039)

DRANSART, P, 1999, Bennachie Colony House Excavation, Interim Report (Bibliographic reference). SAB2455.

UPSON-SMITH, T, 1999, DES : BENNACHIE COLONY, 10 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4894.

EXCAVATION

OLIVER, J, 2016, THE BENNACHIE COLONY: A 19TH-CENTURY INFORMAL COMMUNITY IN NE SCOTLAND. IN INT. JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, VOL 20 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1395.

BAILIES OF BENNACHIE, 2023, THE COLONY TRAIL (Bibliographic reference). SAB3833.

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