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Colnabaichin
Farmhouse (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Colnabaichin
Classification Farmhouse (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 121326
Site Number NJ20NE 95
NGR NJ 29390 08879
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/121326
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Strathdon
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
The farmsteading of Colnabaichin is situated approximately 250m north of the River Don, sheltered by the lower slopes of the Carn na Gobhair. Comprising an L-plan steading, with the farmhouse lying a short distance to the south-east, it is a typical example of an improvement period farm.
The 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map, which dates from 1869, shows the farmsteading as consisting of a disparate group of small, mostly rectangular structures, all re-arranged and rebuilt by 1902, the date of the next edition.
The agricultural improvements of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries transformed the farming landscape of Scotland, with the new, larger, stone-built steadings including animal stalls and grain mills.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
