Tolduquhill

NJ31NW 58 3116 1524

The two main ranges of the farmstead as it is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire, 1869, sheet lx) appear to have been removed to make way for the present farmhouse and steading, which are probably of late 19th century date. The latter is no longer occupied although they are still roofed and in a reasonable state of repair The group of three buildings that formerly stood to the W of the ranges are still identifiable, although the construction of a silage pit has destroyed part of the easternmost, reducing it to little more than a rectangular scoop some 1.5m in depth. The western side of the silage pit incorporates the ENE end of the second building, which measures 11.6m from ENE to WSW by 5.4m transversely over walls 0.8m in thickness and from 0.2m to 0.5m in height. The entrance is probably in the centre of the SSE wall. The third building lies along the edge of the improved field to the W. It measures 21.2m in length from NNE to SSW by 5m transversely over severely robbed walls little more than 0.2m in height along the ESE side and forming a stony scarp about 0.7m in internal height along the WNW side. Traces of at least one partition can be identified, and a faint scar on the NNE possibly indicates that the building extended a further 10m in length at this end. Only the first of these three buildings was still roofed in 1903 (OS 6-inch map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd edition, 1903, sheet lx).

Visited by RCAHMS (SPH), 11 June 1997.

Depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire 1869, sheet lx), the group to the W comprises two roofed buildings, one partially roofed and one unroofed building, and the group to the E comprisies four roofed buildings, one of which has a horse engine platform attached.

The current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1975) shows the western group comprising only one unroofed building and the eastern group has two roofed buildings.

Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 12 April 1999.