North Kinrara Farmstead / Tor Alvie, near Aviemore | Canmore

Date June 2006 - January 2011

Event ID 966439

Category Project

Type Project

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Survey work was undertaken June 2006–January 2011 on North Kinrara Farmstead, and Tor Alvie.

Report: Highland HER, local library and RCAHMS

NOSAS, 2011

People and Organisations

Related Event(s)

Event	Type	Subtype	Notes	Date
966436	DOCUMENTARY REFERENCE	EXTERNAL REFERENCE	NH 86767 07604 (centred on) Kinrara Farmstead The settlement is situated 1km to the SW of Kinrara House and close to a monument to the Duchess of Gordon. It is on a grassy knoll and has extensive views towards the S and the Cairngorm Mountains. The settlement consists of five buildings and an enclosure spread over c100 x 80m. The remains of the two largest buildings are on the summit of the knoll and consist of low turf footings. The other buildings appear as platforms and it is assumed that they were probably of timber construction. The enclosure is surrounded by substantial turf banks and has a curious circular recess in its NW corner. Contemporary documentary evidence strongly suggests that this is the original farmhouse occupied by the Duchess of Gordon before she built Kinrara House in 1804.	2011
966437	DOCUMENTARY REFERENCE	EXTERNAL REFERENCE	A possible dun or fortification occupies an 85 x 30m area on the summit of the hill. The area is generally flat but slopes to the SW. It is enclosed by the remnants of a stony bank and a distinct change of slope. The building of the monument significantly disturbed the NE end of the site and it is considered likely that any remains of a fortification have been destroyed in this area. The SW end of the stony bank is 2–3m thick and 25m to the SW of the bank a further change in slope, 40m in length, may reflect additional fortification.	2011

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