Mar Lodge Estate Grampian : An Archaeological Survey
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| Author | Dr. P J Dixon, Mr. S T Green |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland |
| Publication date | 1995 |
| Media type | Softcover |
| Pages | 36 |
| ISBN | [ISSN] 0969-0694 |
Mar Lodge Estate Grampian : An Archaeological Survey is a report summarising the archaeological field work carried out on Mar Lodge Estate to record the human interaction within Mar Forest.
Human interaction with the woodland is central to the history of settlement in the area. As long as there has been settlement, for which there is evidence only from the medieval period onwards ...
— Dixon & Green
Mar Lodge Estate Grampian : An Archaeological Survey is a good source for information on how Mar Forest was used from the 17th century to the 19th as it gives names, and dates to many of the ruins dotted across Mar Lodge Estate - and shows that people once worked, and more crucially lived, much further up the Glens of Mar Lodge Estate than they do today.
The ‘Grampian’ in the title refers to the the former ‘Scottish Region’ that preceded the re-creation of Aberdeenshire in 1996 - not the mountain range.
