Mains Of Afforsk
Rig And Furrow (Medieval)
Site Name Mains Of Afforsk
Classification Rig And Furrow (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Millstonehill East; Backbrae
Canmore ID 107512
Site Number NJ62SE 27
NGR NJ 697 204
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/107512
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Oyne
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ62SE 27 697 204
Vertical air photography (58/RAF/1296 F22 0101, dated 15 October 1953) has recorded an area of rig-and-furrow cultivation in coniferous woodland on a S-facing slope. It is overlain by forestry ploughing
NMRS, MS/712/10.
The following site has been identified while checking vertical aerial photographs on loan from Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk Estate to Grampian Regional Council. Full information is held in Grampian Regional Council SMR.
NJ 697 204: area of rig and furrow.
M Greig 1995.
A small area of broad rig-and-furrow is visible on RAF vertical aerial photographs (106G/SCOT/UK 139, prints 2033-34) taken in 1946 about 650m SE of Backbrae farmsteading (NJ62SW 110). The rig now lies in coniferous woodland and was not visited during the RCAHMS survey of Strath Don. It is aligned roughly NNW and SSE, and lies on a gentle N-facing slope.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 9 May 2003.
