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Publication drawing; ground plan of still, Allt Connie
DC 27007 PO
Description Publication drawing; ground plan of still, Allt Connie
Date 29/11/1994
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number DC 27007 PO
Category Prints and Drawings
Copies SC 436113
Scope and Content Whisky still, Carn Bhithir, Mar Lodge Estate, Aberdeenshire Illicit stilling of whisky was common in the Highlands until it was suppressed in the 1820s and legal whisky became cheaper. Stills were built in hidden places well away from settlements and close to a source of water. The sub-rectangular still-building was dug into the slope and lined with stone. The lade brought water into one end of the building, and the unwanted water was drained away downslope. None of the stilling equipment survives. Mar Lodge estate was part of the medieval Earldom of Mar. The Forest of Mar became a hunting reserve in medieval times and was revived as such in the 19th century, after a period of sheep-farming in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Scale 1:200
Medium PMT
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