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Marl Burn
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Marl Burn
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 78016
Site Number NJ10NE 7
NGR NJ 1772 0878
NGR Description Centred NJ 1772 0878
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78016
- Council Moray
- Parish Kirkmichael (Moray)
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
What are probably the remains of five rectangular shieling huts lie to the east of the Marl Burn.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NJ10NE 7 centred 1772 0878
A group of what may be five shieling-huts are depicted on the cureent edition of the OS 1:10000 scale map (1971) to the E of the Marl Burn along the 518m contour line.
Information from RCAHMS (DE) 18 August 1998
(Location cited as NJ 177 087). Marl Burn, depopulated settlement. The remains of at least five longhouses and an enclosure are scattered over a moderate or steep SW-facing slope in an area of grouse moor at an altitude of 400m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/40.
