Berryleys

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The grass-grown ruins of this farmstead are situated in a field of improved pasture on the SE flank of the Hill of Shenwall. It comprises three buildings and a horse-gang. All the buildings are shown roofed on both the first and the second editions of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire 1874, xvi; 1902, xvi SW; Name Book, Aberdeenshire, No. 12, p. 48), although the horse-gang, which lies on the W side of the E building, is only shown on the earlier map.

Visited by RCAHMS (SH), 2 May 1990.

Cultural Heritage assessment for the Hill of Davidston wind farm development. The assessment forms part of an Environmental Statement, submitted in 2010. The Cultural Heritage assessment identified all cultural heritage features within the study area, as well as key external receptors within 10km of the proposed development, and assessed the impact on these features by the new development.

Information from OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-73983 (C Jones) 2009

The NMRS records the ‘grass-grown footings of a farmstead, now within a field of improved pasture on the south east flank of Hill of Shenwall. The farmstead comprises of three buildings and a horse-gang. The Ordnance Survey 1875 edition map depicts the three rectangular roofed buildings, an enclosure and a circular feature, attached to the eastern building. By the Ordnance Survey 1902 edition map, two of the buildings are shown as unroofed.

Field survey recorded the remains of the farmstead as described by the NMRS and depicted on cartographic sources. The site is now within a within a small post and wire fenced enclosure, erected by the landowner. The building remains survive to a height of 1m. A circular feature (4m in diameter and 2m high) survive attached to the eastern building; the horse-gang referred to by the NMRS.

Information from OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-73983 (C Jones) 2009