Building record MAB41218 - LADY'S LEYS

Remains of a small farmstead standing circa 125 m to the south-east of confluence of Burn of Finglennie and the Cowie Water, to the west side of the Cryne Corse Road.

Remains of a small farmstead standing circa 125 m to the south-east of confluence of Burn of Finglennie and the Cowie Water, to the west side of the Cryne Corse Road. The 1st edition OS map shows a long range and a cottage with attached garden enclosure. The 2nd edition shows am L-plan range and smaller enclosure. Forestry Commission field visit recorded that one side of the range survives as a stone building, with an adjoining range on the west surviving as earthworks. The enclosure dyke is very denuded in places. Field visit in 2010 as part of an environmental appraisal for a substation recorded the remains of two buildings and a field bank either side of a forest road. Subsequent field survey in 2012 recorded remains of two stone built rectangular buildings, an L-plan steading and a field boundary bank. A watching brief carried out by CFA in 2012 in the vicinity of the site during road upgrading works found no archaeological features. Field survey in 2024 as part of an Environmental Impact Assessment recorded the remains of a stone building measuring circa 16 m by 5 m, the walls standing up to circa 1.4 m. The remains of the enclosure survived as a moss-covered bank, circa 1 m wide by 0.3 m high, topped by the remains of a post and wire fence.

FC SMR FET005, 3 frames, FC SMR FET005, 3 frames (Ground Photograph). SAB19444.

FC SMR FET025, FC SMR FET025 (Ground Photograph). SAB19359.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2012, MID HILL WIND FARM SUBSTATION, ABERDEENSHIRE: ARCHAEOLOGICAL MITIGATION (Bibliographic reference). SAB5348.

SSEN, 2024, HURLIE 400KV SUBSTATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (Bibliographic reference). SAB4889.

Record last edited

Nov 4 2025 11:58AM