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Braes Of Minonnie North
Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Braes Of Minonnie North
Classification Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) River Ythan
Canmore ID 19078
Site Number NJ73NE 48
NGR NJ 793 373
NGR Description Centred NJ 793 373
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19078
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Fyvie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ73NE 48 centred 793 373.
Low lying rigs running parallel to the River Ythan on a haugh on the E bank, with a wavelength of c. 5.5m and covering an area of 1 ha.
I A G Shepherd and S M Ralston 1982.
(Location cited as NJ 7930 3730). Air photography (AAS/80/08/S7/33, flown 10 October 1980 and BKS vertical NJ73N 2731167, flown 7 July 1977) has recorded an area of rig-and-furrow cultivation on a terrace at an altitude of 40m OD. The very substantial broad rigs run N-S and parallel to the river; the rigs are up to 4m broad but the furrows are quite narrow.
NMRS, MS/712/35.
