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Latitude: 56.8638 / 56°51'49"N
Longitude: -2.6271 / 2°37'37"W
OS Eastings: 361860
OS Northings: 774885
OS Grid: NO618748
Mapcode National: GBR WX.PRHN
Mapcode Global: WH8QP.MR50
Entry Name: East Mains of Balfour,farmstead 550m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 29 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4888
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: farmstead
Location: Fettercairn
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Mearns
Traditional County: Kincardineshire
The monument is a farmstead of the period before the agricultural improvements comprising the turf covered foundations of a rectangular building 21m long divided into three compartments, lying in the S corner of a yard defined by a low turf covered wall. The area to be scheduled measures 90m E to W by 60m NNE to SSW and is bounded on the SW and SE by a fence (which is specifically excluded from the scheduling) and on the NW by a modern drain, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a farm building of the period before the agricultural improvements with well displayed field characteristics. It has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of pre-improvement settlement. Taken with the other pre-improvement remains in the area it has the potential to increase considerably our knowledge of the development of the agricultural landscape in recent centuries.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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