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Field Visit
Date 24 June 1993
Event ID 624077
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/624077
Three subrectangular buildings and a kiln are situated on the N side of haughland to the N of the River Dee below Creag Phadruig. Two of the buildings lie towards the N edge of the haughland, with one building and the kiln on a slight terrace on the valley side, immediately to the N of the modern track. The buildings (MAR93 270-2) measure up to 11.9m by 3.1m within faced-rubble footings up to 1m in thickness and 1m in height; the largest building (MAR93 270) has substantial outshots on both ends, extending for 4.2m and 11.7m. One building (MAR93 270) is depicted as unroofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire 1867, Sheet xcvii), with a second, unroofed, building to the W, where there is now a small quarry. One of the buildings (MAR93 271) on the haughland is partially overlain by a fold. The kiln-bowl (MAR93 269) measures 1.9m across and 1m deep, and there is a barn extending for 6.3m to the ENE.
A ruinous drystone wall encloses the haughland to the S of the buildings and may form part of a wider enclosure associated with a post-clearance sheep farm (Watson and Allan 1990) (see also NO08NW 1). A hut (MAR93 273) is attached to the wall close to the N bank of the River Dee. There are patches of rig on the haughland, generally coincidental with areas of grass with scatters of cleared stone, at the edges of the cultivated ground.
Roy (Roy 1747-55) shows at least four buildings at this location with cultivated ground along the N side of the Dee.
(MAR93 269-73)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 24 June 1993
