Allanaquoich

The heavily-robbed footings of at least ten buildings are situated on improved ground on the valley floor to the E of the Quoich Water and SSW of the steading of Allanaquoich. One building, which has not been reduced to its footings, measures 12m by 2.7m within a grassy bank, 1.5m in thickness and 0.2m in height. The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire 1867, sheet xcviii) does not show any of the buildings but depicts an 'Old Limekiln' at a location where there is a circular mound 8m in diameter and 0.7m in height (MAR93 210), at the centre of which are the fragmentary remains of a bowl.

Farquharson's map of the Forrest of Mar (1703) (National Library of Scotland) and Robertson's (1822) maps depict a settlement at this location, which may also relate to a site on Roy's map under the name of Ellanaquoich.

(MAR93 209-210)

Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 9 June 1993.

NO 120 914 A series of terraced platforms and a mill site were located to the N of the existing farmhouse of Allanaquoich, probably relating to the buildings portrayed on the OS 1st edition map (1869).

Two structures have been cut into the slope to create a level platform with a low earthen bank forming the front (S). Two other structures lie on built-up platforms revetted on the S by a stone bank; one has a cobbled interior. A corner of a mortared stone structure lies in the woodland. A number of sherds of 19th and 20th-century pottery and glass were observed on the surface beside these structures.

The mill pond and dam lie uphill from the farmhouse, in woodland; a lade leads down to the machine area immediately to the E of the existing farm outbuildings.

Sponsor: National Trust for Scotland

S Bain 1998