East Milton Burn
Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Field Boundary (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name East Milton Burn
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Field Boundary (Period Unassigned), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Glen Gairn
Canmore ID 128940
Site Number NO39NW 9
NGR NO 325 999
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/128940
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Glenmuick, Tullich And Glengairn
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NO39NW 9 325 999
Air photography (AAS/98/01/G1/20-2, 25 and AAS/98/01/CT, flown 27 January 1998) has recorded field clearance heaps, the possible remains of at least two hut-circles, areas of rig-and-furrow cultivation, longhouses and the remains of bow-ended houses. A large sinuous bank encloses the area which is situated in an area of grouse moor on a N-facing slope at an altitude of 400m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/31.
The following sites were recorded during winter aerial reconnaissance: Muir of Dess (Aboyne & Glentanar parish)
NO 325 998 Depopulated settlement, clearance cairns, rig and furrow, bow-ended houses and ?hut circle (NO39NW 9).
Sponsors: Aberdeenshire Council, RCAHMS
M Greig 1998.
