Building record MAB31037 - GLEN GELDIE
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Summary
Remains of longhouses and shielings.
Protected Status/Designation
- Scheduled Monument 6453
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NO 0094 8731 (203m by 393m) Centred at - Polygon: Unknown Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NO08NW |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Crathie and Braemar |
Type and Period (7)
- ENCLOSURE (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)
- HOUSE (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- SHIELING (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- STRUCTURE? (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
- PIT? (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)
Full Description
Remains of longhouses and shielings. A two compartmented, square-ended longhouse 9 m by 4 m and a bow-ended, compartmented, two-entranced longhouse, 13 m by 4 m. Also oval sheals, 4 m by 3 m and the foundations of square buildings. RCAHMS survey (1993) recorded six huts, a pen, a stock enclosure and a possible sheep-dip scattered over a distance of 350 m on the west bank of the Geldiue Burn. The huts are between 2.5 m and 6.6 m in length, and 1.35 m and 2.6 m in breadth, the walls 0.6-0.75 m thick and standing up to 0.7 m high. Two of the huts have rubble-faced walls embanked with turf on the outside. One is subdivided to two compartments, with an outshot at the northeast end and an adjacent midden heap. Two other buildings also have adjacent middens. The stock enclosure is roughly rectangular in plan, measuring 14.4 m by 10.4 m within rubble-faced walls reduced to 0.3 m in height. It overlies two huts. The sheep-dip comprises a low ramp leading to two rows of flat boulders which may have supported a timber passage. At the southeast end is a pit. A rectilinear stand of cobbles to the southwest of the pit may have served as a drying stance for the dipped sheep. Walkover survey by Highland Archaeology Services along the river Dee in 2023 (NO08NW0055) encompassed the part of this site and recorded the low stone footings of a previously known small structure. This was sub-rectangular, 4 m by 3 m, and up to 0.4 m high, with a possible entrance in the south end. A further structure was noted circa 8 m to the west, measuring 7.5 m by 4.5 m, with a possible potato storage pit between them.
RCAHMS, 1996, MAR LODGE, CONDITION SURVEY, p35 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1586.
CONDITION SURVEY
BAIN, S, 1999, DES : MAR LODGE ESTATE, 8 (Bibliographic reference). SAB185.
HIGHLAND ARCHAEOLOGY SERVICES, 2023, BYNACK BURN AND RIVER DEE, RIVER RESTORATION, MAR LODGE ESTATE: WALKOVER SURVEYS DATA STRUCTURE REPORT, Site W15 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5947.
HIGHLAND ARCHAEOLOGY SERVICES, 2023, GELDIE, BYNACK BURN AND RIVER DEE, MAR LODGE ESTATE, ROVER RESTORATION ARCHAEOLOGICAL MITIGATION: PROJECT DESIGN (Bibliographic reference). SAB5972.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- HES Scheduled Monument Number: 6453;
- NMR Card Number: NO08NW20;
- NRHE Numlink: 81221;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO08NW0015;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM6453 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/81221 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SAB1586 Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1996. MAR LODGE, CONDITION SURVEY. p35.
- --- SAB185 Bibliographic reference: BAIN, S. 1999. DES : MAR LODGE ESTATE. 8.
- --- SAB5947 Bibliographic reference: HIGHLAND ARCHAEOLOGY SERVICES. 2023. BYNACK BURN AND RIVER DEE, RIVER RESTORATION, MAR LODGE ESTATE: WALKOVER SURVEYS DATA STRUCTURE REPORT. Site W15.
- --- SAB5972 Bibliographic reference: HIGHLAND ARCHAEOLOGY SERVICES. 2023. GELDIE, BYNACK BURN AND RIVER DEE, MAR LODGE ESTATE, ROVER RESTORATION ARCHAEOLOGICAL MITIGATION: PROJECT DESIGN.
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Record last edited
Dec 4 2024 2:13PM
