Building record MAB32173 - MAINS OF MONALTRIE

Farmstead, still in use, depicted on historic OS maps.

Farmstead, still in use, depicted on historic OS maps. The OS 1st edition map shows two rectangular buildings set at right angles with a small attached enclosure on the west building, and a pond to the north. To the south is a building (house) on the north side of a large rectangular enclosure. By the time of the 2nd edition map the northern buildings had been extended to form an L-plan steading with a small building in the court. The present the farmhouse of Mains of Monaltrie, is built of random masonry with rubble infilling and plastered over. It has been re-and the interior modernised. A stone over the main entrance, in the south bears the date 1704. The original Monaltrie House stood on the hillside to the left of the road to Ballater, above ‘Street of Monaltrie’ (NO 244 943), a hamlet, which has now disappeared, which was built for soldiers disbanded after the American war. The original house was burnt while occupied by Government troops after Culloden. The millpond is no longer evident but a marshy area remains.

Period Notes
Stone dated 1704.

Author unknown, , SCOTTISH NOTES AND QUERIES, VOL IX(1931) 21 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1839.

Author unknown, , SCOTTISH NOTES AND QUERIES, VOL VI(1928) 208 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1839.

McCONNACHIE, AL, 1898, THE ROYAL DEE, 88-90 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1136.

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Apr 5 2024 11:24AM