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Glenhouses
Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Glenhouses
Classification Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Long Glen; Tore Of Troup; Longglen South
Canmore ID 78950
Site Number NJ86SW 17
NGR NJ 839 608
NGR Description Centred NJ 839 608
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78950
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Aberdour (Banff And Buchan)
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ86SW 17 centred 839 608.
Situated on a plateau to the SE of the Tore of Troup, 300m S of promontory fort NJ86SW 8 and NJ86SW 1100 m S of Glenhouses are at least three hut-circles. Slight traces of other, probably associated, structures lie close by.
Information from Historic Scotland, March 1994.
(Location cited as NJ 840 608 and name as Long Glen). Air photography (AAS/81/11/S11/15-16) has recorded a hut-circle on the crown of a ridge in an area of heather moor at an altitude of 165m OD. It measures 7m in diameter within a bank spread to a thickness of 2.5m.
NMRS, MS/712/36, visited 9 April 1981.
