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Culsh
Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Culsh
Classification Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Glen Gairn
Canmore ID 128936
Site Number NO39NW 8
NGR NO 344 975
NGR Description Centred NJ 3436 9749
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/128936
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Glenmuick, Tullich And Glengairn
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NO39NW 8 centred on 344 975
(NO 3436 9749) Air photography (AAS/98/01/G1/29-30 and AAS/98/01/CT, flown 27 January 1998) has recorded the remains of a depopulated settlement in an area of rough grazing on a moderate SE-facing slope at an altitude of 290m OD. The settlement comprises longhouses, enclosures and subdued rig-and-furrow cultivation.
NMRS, MS/712/31.
The following site was recorded during winter aerial reconnaissance:
NO 342 975 Depopulated settlement and denuded rig and furrow (NO39NW 8).
Sponsors: Aberdeenshire Council, RCAHMS
M Greig 1998
A township comprising five unroofed buildings, one of which has two compartments, one enclosure, an unroofed circular structure and some walls is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire, 1869, sheet xci). One unroofed building and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 March 1999
