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Upper Kirkton

Farmstead (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Upper Kirkton

Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 155176

Site Number NJ81SE 72

NGR NJ 8733 1424

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeen, City Of
  • Parish Dyce
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District City Of Aberdeen
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ81SE 72 8733 1424

A farmstead, comprising five roofed buildings, one of which is L-shaped, one partially roofed and one unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire 1869, sheet lxv). Four roofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1992).

Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 28 June 1999.

Architecture Notes

NMRS REFERENCE:

Dyce, Upper Kirkton Farm.

Plans: F.A.M.MacDonald coll. 1926 - 1 sheet plans & elevation

- 1 sheet restoration of steading after fire

(uncatalogued)

Activities

Watching Brief (31 March 2011)

NJ 87333 14176 A watching brief was carried out on 31 March 2011 during soil stripping of a 0.5ha area prior to the construction of a new Dutch barn. No significant archaeological remains were uncovered.

Archive: RCAHMS

Funder: William Cruden

Cameron Archaeology, 2011

Information also reported in Oasis (camerona1-100639) 22 September 2011

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