Building record MAB15989 - BOGHEAD

Remains of a croft and enclosures, part of the Bennachie Colony, which had its origins in the 1830s, and was established on 'commonty' land shared between nine estates.

Remains of a croft and enclosures, part of the Bennachie Colony, which had its origins in the 1830s, and was established on 'commonty' land shared between nine estates. The 1st edition OS map shows a three-compartment building with a small building to the north, on the weste=n side of small fields. On the 2nd edition map the buildings are shown as roofless and the fields under conifer trees. RCAHMS site visit in 1999 recorded the remains, comprising a cottage with garden on the south side and a structure of unknown function to the northeast. The cottage measures 12.3 m by 5.1 m, with stone walls 0.6 m thick and up to 1.4 m high, with an entrance in the centre of the south side. All that remains of the other structure are parts of the north wall containing two alcoves. The remains have been investigated as part of the Bennachie Landscapes community research project. Following survey in 2009-10 shovel test pitting was carried out in 2011 within the enclosure. The test pitting recovered ceramics, predominantly undecorated and decorated white wares, and kaolin pipe fragments.

OLIVER, J, 2013, HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE 'COLONY' IN SHEPHERD, C. (ED) BENNACHIE AND THE GARIOCH. BENNACHIE LANDSCAPES SERIES: 2 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1394.

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.

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