Derelict cottages, Newmachar
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Derelict cottages, Newmachar
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 13 Mar 2021
The dwellings are named as Mameulah Cottages on old OS maps and were presumably associated with the eponymous farm, a few hundred metres to the north. 'Mameulah' means a dark-coloured hill according to Celtic Placenames in Aberdeenshire by John Milne.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.270415
Longitude
-2.192163
