Glen Avon
Building(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glen Avon
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Glen Builg; Glen Biulg
Canmore ID 78018
Site Number NJ10NE 9
NGR NJ 1678 0936
NGR Description Centred NJ 1678 0936
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Moray
- Parish Kirkmichael (Moray)
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
A rectangular structure shown on the 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map of Banffshire may represent the remains of a stock enclosure. The 1971 1:10,000 map shows a subdivision running across the structure. This may have been a later modification to the enclosure, or may indicate that the structure in fact represents the remains of a rectangular building which had an adjoining enclosure attached.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NJ10NE 9 centred 1678 0936
A sheepfold is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Banffshire 1872, sheet xlvi). The sheepfold is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAMHS (DE) 18 August 1998
Examination of the OS 6-inch map (Banffshire 1872, sheet xlvi) by the First Edition Survey Project identified the enclosure, but it is not annotated as a sheepfold.
The enclosure is subdivided, as shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 22 February 1999
(Location cited as NJ 168 093). Glen Biulg. The remains of a small enclosure or two adjoining longhouses survive in an area of rough grazing on a NE-facing river floodplain at an altitude of about 390m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/40.