Wester Kirn
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Wester Kirn
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Glen Gairn
Canmore ID 78085
Site Number NJ20SW 7
NGR NJ 2058 0154
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78085
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Crathie And Braemar
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
The 1971 edition of the Ordnance Survey 1:10000 maps depicts what are probably four shieling-huts a short distance above the south bank of the River Gairn.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NJ20SW 7 2058 0154
(Location cited as NJ 2058 0154). Wester Kirn, Glen Gairn. The footings of a group of four longhouses have been recorded in an area of grouse moor on a moderate NE-facing slope at an altitude of 457m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/3.
What may be three unroofed shieling-huts are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire 1869, sheet lxxix). Four unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 15 April 1999