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MHG4558 - Glen Feshie

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NN 914873
The remains of two buildings - NN98NW0003, are to be found 300m to the south of the shieling site, south of the bend in the River Feshie. From this location there are good views down both the Geldie Water to the east and the Feshie to the north. It is speculated that the two buildings may be deer watchers houses.
Structure J - NN 91439 87264
The westmost of the two buildings is rectangular and on a N-S axis. It measures 6m x 2.5m internally, and is defined by low earth banks 0.1-0.2m in height and 1m in width. There may be an entrance at north end.

Structure K - NN 91457 87269
Just east of the previous building, on a slightly raised piece of ground, a rectangular building of 2 compartments on a N-S axis. The south compartment has internal measurements of 7m x 2.5m and the north, which is less well preserved, is 4m x 2.5m. Main part of building is defined by the remains of walls to 0.2-0.3m in height and 1m in width, bilberry covered. No evidence of an entrance.
M. Marshall - July 2003


A building which was probably a 19th century deer watcher/foresters house
Wordsworth 1997

NN98NW 1 9144 8727

These two huts are located at the very top of Glen Feshie, on a terrace above the right bank of the River Feshie where it turns abruptly from an easterly course to a north-westerly one. That to the N (MAR93 466) measures 8.4m by 4.4m over turf-and-stone walls 0.7m thick and 0.3m high; at its NNE end there is what may either be an outshot or the remains of an earlier building extending for 4.9m. The second (MAR93 467) is a two-compartment hut measuring 8.4m by 4.4m over turf-and-stone walls spread to a thickness of 1.1m. Outside this hut there is a turf-covered mound which is probably a midden.
(MAR 93 466-7)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 22 July 1993.

Situated on the border between Highland and Grampian Regions.
NMRS, MS/712/7.

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Grid reference	Centred NN 9144 8727 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NN98NW
Civil Parish	ALVIE
Geographical Area	BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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