Building record MAB31025 - TOMNAMOINE
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Summary
Depopulated settlement.
Protected Status/Designation
- Scheduled Monument 6455: Mar townships, enclosures, stills, kilns - Dubrach to east of Dalvorar
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NO 0348 8945 (495m by 347m) Centred at - Polygon: Unknown Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NO08NW |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Crathie and Braemar |
Type and Period (8)
- SETTLEMENT (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- HOUSE (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- Foundation (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- PIT (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- KILN (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- CAIRN (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- LINEAR EARTHWORK (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
Full Description
Depopulated settlement. Below the track there is a longhouse with an adjacent circular pit. A second longhouse, 10m by 5m, stands on a knoll and linear stone clearance cairns lie nearby. Also a rectangular building, 10m by 4m, with a square kiln at its west end, and a large stone enclosure, 20m sq with adjacent 2-celled structure 8m by 6m. Above the track is a longhouse, 12m by 5m, and another 35m by 6m with three partitions. The head dyke disappears within a recent plantation. On a knoll behind the meltwater channel exit there is a L-shaped longhouse, 18m by 6m by 5m (walls 1m thick). Walkover survey was carried out by Cameron Archaeology in June/July 2015 to assess damage on the Mar Lodge estate resulting from flooding in the wake of storm Bertha. This may be the settlement named Thomna mouin on the Gordon map 1636-52, and Tom moin on the John Farquharson map of 1703, and Tomnamoan on the Roy Military Survey map (1744-55). Photographic recording was carried out by S Davison in 2024.
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, 1996, MAR LODGE, CONDITION SURVEY, p24 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1586.
CONDITION SURVEY
RCAHMS, 1996, MAR LODGE: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF A CAIRNGORM ESTATE. , Leaflet (Bibliographic reference). SAB3080.
BAIN, S, 1998, DES : CRAGGAN TOWER (Bibliographic reference). SAB186.
LONGHOUSE
BAIN, S, 1998, DES : TOMNAMOINE, 8 (Bibliographic reference). SAB199.
LONGHOUSES
BAIN, S, 1999, DES : MAR LODGE ESTATE (Bibliographic reference). SAB185.
TOWNSHIP
BAIN, S, 1999, RESTORATION WORKS AT CREAG PHADRUIG + TONNAGAOITHE (Bibliographic reference). SAB184.
CAMERON ARCHAEOLOGY, 2015, MAR LODGE ESTATE CRATHIE AND BRAEMAR, ABERDEENSHIRE: POST-HURRICANE BERTHA CONDITION SURVEY, walkover report (Bibliographic reference). SAB7992.
DAVISON, S, 2024, LAIRIG GHRU DROVE ROAD: DESK BASED ASSESSMENT REPORT (Bibliographic reference). SAB4068.
DAVISON, S, 2024, TOMNAMOINE - PHOTOGRAPHS (Bibliographic reference). SAB4076.
Aug 20 2024 , 28 images, 28 images (Ground Photograph). SAB36869.
Jul 21 2015 , AAS-GR-15-07-053 - 061, AAS-GR-15-07-053 - 061 (Ground Photograph). SAB20897.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- HES Scheduled Monument Number: 6455;
- NMR Card Number: NO08NW30;
- NRHE Numlink: 113886;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO08NW0002;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM6455 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/113886 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (12)
- --- SAB1586 Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1996. MAR LODGE, CONDITION SURVEY. p24.
- --- 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.
- --- SAB184 Bibliographic reference: BAIN, S. 1999. RESTORATION WORKS AT CREAG PHADRUIG + TONNAGAOITHE.
- --- SAB185 Bibliographic reference: BAIN, S. 1999. DES : MAR LODGE ESTATE.
- --- SAB186 Bibliographic reference: BAIN, S. 1998. DES : CRAGGAN TOWER.
- --- SAB199 Bibliographic reference: BAIN, S. 1998. DES : TOMNAMOINE. 8.
- --- SAB20897 Ground Photograph: Jul 21 2015 . AAS-GR-15-07-053 - 061. Digital. AAS-GR-15-07-053 - 061.
- --- SAB3080 Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1996. MAR LODGE: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF A CAIRNGORM ESTATE. . Leaflet.
- --- SAB36869 Ground Photograph: Aug 20 2024 . 28 images. Digital. 28 images.
- --- SAB4068 Bibliographic reference: DAVISON, S. 2024. LAIRIG GHRU DROVE ROAD: DESK BASED ASSESSMENT REPORT.
- --- SAB4076 Bibliographic reference: DAVISON, S. 2024. TOMNAMOINE - PHOTOGRAPHS.
- --- SAB7992 Bibliographic reference: CAMERON ARCHAEOLOGY. 2015. MAR LODGE ESTATE CRATHIE AND BRAEMAR, ABERDEENSHIRE: POST-HURRICANE BERTHA CONDITION SURVEY. walkover report.
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Record last edited
Apr 8 2026 9:57AM
