Glencat
Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glencat
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Burn Of Cattie
Canmore ID 118578
Site Number NO59SW 11
NGR NO 545 936
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/118578
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Birse
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NO59SW 11 545 936
The depopulated settlement that is noted by Aberdeenshire Archaeological Service at NO 541 936 is probably to be identified with the open rectangles depicted on the 1975 edition of the OS 1:10,000 map at NO 5449 9360, 5455 9364, 5462 9366, 5462 9371 and 5458 9375.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM) 17 June 1997
NMRS, MS/712/17
NO 546 936. Glencat: remains of longhouses and enclosures.
NMRS, MS/712/36
A farmstead comprising two roofed buildings, one of which is a long building, and one incomplete enclosure, a sheepfold, an Old Limekiln and two unroofed buildings lying approximately 100m to the NE are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire 1869, sheet xciii). Four unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1975).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 12 April 1999
