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RCAHMS Afforestable Land Survey, Huntly-Dufftown
Date March 1990 - June 1990
Event ID 550862
Category Project
Type Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/550862
Survey of 100km2 (OS map sheets NJ34SW, NJ34SE, NJ44SE, NJ44SE) in the Deveron Valley has identified large numbers of farms abandoned between 1870 and 1930 which, with their horsegangs, mills and stack-yards, are an important facet of the archaeology of the area.
Settlement expansion in the 19th century has limited the survival of pre-improvement and prehistoric remains, although a thin scatter of earlier material was noted. The severe risk to the existing archaeology, albeit of later date, was highlighted by a proposal for planting about 5km2 within the area while the survey was in progress.
RCAHMS (DES 1990, 52)
Project Code: n/a
Area: 100km2
Structures database: n/a
Linework: non-digital