Allt An Dubh-ghlinne
Hut(S) (Post Medieval), Pen (Post Medieval)
Site Name Allt An Dubh-ghlinne
Classification Hut(S) (Post Medieval), Pen (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Mar Lodge Estate
Canmore ID 81250
Site Number NO09NE 1
NGR NO 0662 9785
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/81250
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Crathie And Braemar
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Field Visit (31 March 1993)
NO09NE 1 0662 9785
There are two subrectangular huts and four pens on the heather-covered W bank of the Allt an Dubh-ghlinne just below the 600m contour. Aligned roughly N to S, the two huts are constructed of faced-rubble walls, 0.7m in thickness, and lie end-on to one another a short distance apart along the banks of the burn, measuring 6.4m and 8m in length by 2.4m and 2.7m in breadth respectively, within walls standing to 0.5m and 1m in height respectively, both with entrances on the W. The N hut is subdivided into two unequal compartments. The four pens, which are scattered amongst the old stream channels of the Allt an Dubh-ghlinne to the N and NW of the huts, are constructed of drystone rubble standing up to 1m in height. Two are subcircular, 2m and 3m in diameter respectively, but the other two are oval or subrectangular, measuring 3.4m and 4.2m in length by 2.6m and 2.8m in breadth respectively. All but one of the pens have an entrance on the W, the other having an entrance on the S (MAR93 482).
(MAR93 480-485)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 31st March 1993
Note (24 March 1994)
Two unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire 1869, sheet lxxxviii) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 24 March 1999
