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Sleach Burn
Sheepfold (Period Unassigned), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Sleach Burn
Classification Sheepfold (Period Unassigned), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Sleach; Glengairn
Canmore ID 78093
Site Number NJ20SE 10
NGR NJ 2705 0275
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78093
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Glenmuick, Tullich And Glengairn
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
At least thirteen sheiling huts and a sheepfold are situated in heather moorland at the foot of the south-east flank of Tom Odhar, at the point where the Allt Ruigh na Cuileige and the Allt Coire nam Freumh converge to form the Sleach Burn. The unroofed huts and fold are depicted on the 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map, published in 1869, but four of the huts and the fold have been omitted from the modern 1:10000 map (1971).
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NJ20SE 10 centred 2705 0275
(Location cited as NJ 270 027). Sleach. The footings of a depopulated settlement survive on a moderate SW-facing slope in an area of grouse moor at an altitude of 411m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/3.
What may be thirteen unroofed shieling-huts and a sheepfold are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire 1869, sheet lxxix). Nine unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 15 April 1999
