Building record MAB30958 - MUIR TOWNSHIP, LINN OF DEE
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Summary
Depopulated settlement comprising the remains of longhouses, enclosures, and stone clearance heaps recorded by RCAHMS survey 1993.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NO 0681 8956 (647m by 166m) Centred at - Polygon: Unknown Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NO08NE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Crathie and Braemar |
Type and Period (9)
- SETTLEMENT (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- HOUSE (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- HOUSE (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- CAIRN (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- HUT (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- Rig (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
Full Description
Depopulated settlement comprising the remains of longhouses, enclosures, and stone clearance heaps recorded by RCAHMS survey 1993. There are at least five buildings, an oval hut and kiln disposed in two groups to the east of the roofed cottage of Muir. The buildings range from 10.7m by 3.9m to 12.3m by 3.7m internally. The eastern group (centred NO07028957) have faced-rubble footings while two buildings to the west (NO06648961 and NO06638962) have mortared rubble footings and may represent a late phase of construction. Four of the buildings are amongst 6 buildings shown as roofed on the OS 1st edition map: only those two with mortared-rubble footings are shown as roofed on the OS 2nd edition. In the eastern area is a small kiln, 1.25m in diameter, which is butted onto a field bank. A hut measures 5.6m by 2.2m within a faced rubble bank up to 1.1m thick and up to 0.3m in height. Between the two groups is an area of rigs at the edges of which are fragmentary banks and clearance lines. Ploughed down, relatively straight rig, is visible in the area between the two groups of buildings, at the edges of which there are fragmentary banks and clearance lines. The rigs coincide with improved ground depicted on the OS 1st and 2nd edition maps. Reported as being under cereal cultivation in 1890s.
SMITH, JS, 1986, DESERTED FARMS AND SHEALINGS IN THE BRAEMAR AREA
OF DEESIDE, GRAMPIAN REGION IN PSAS 116(1985-86) 447-53, 447-53 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1833.
RCAHMS, 1995, MAR LODGE ESTATE SURVEY (Bibliographic reference). SAB1578.
RCAHMS, 1996, MAR LODGE, CONDITION SURVEY, p17 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1586.
CONDITION SURVEY
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- NMR Card Number: NO08NE8;
- NRHE Numlink: 27746;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO08NE0002;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/27746 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SAB1578 Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1995. MAR LODGE ESTATE SURVEY. Y.
- --- SAB1586 Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1996. MAR LODGE, CONDITION SURVEY. p17.
- --- SAB1833 Bibliographic reference: SMITH, JS. 1986. DESERTED FARMS AND SHEALINGS IN THE BRAEMAR AREA OF DEESIDE, GRAMPIAN REGION IN PSAS 116(1985-86) 447-53. 447-53.
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Nov 24 2020 4:55PM
