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0501

General Information

  • Registration number
    0501
  • Date constructed
    1832
  • Century constructed
    1801-1900
  • Evidence proof date
    local name; skeps of bees kept in the boles fairly recently
  • Evidence proof use
    local name; skeps of bees kept in the boles fairly recently
  • Listed building grade
    N/A
  • Condition
    6

Address

  • Address
    Kirklands
  • Village or town
    Aboyne
  • County
    Aberdeenshire
  • Traditional County (pre 1974)
    Aberdeenshire
  • Region
    Scotland

Premises

  • Accessible
    Private
  • Location on Premises
    Garden
  • Direction faced
    S

Structure Information

  • Structure
    B: Bee bole(s)
  • External recesses
    2
  • Internal recesses
    N/A
  • Compartments
    N/A
  • Flight holes
    N/A
  • Front shape
    Rectangle
  • Back shape
    Rounded
  • Recess size
    24,32x24x18
  • House building shape
    N/A
  • External structure
    N/A
  • Distance apart
    N/A
  • Rows
    2
  • Shelves
    N/A
  • Height bases shelves
    20,45
  • Wall material
    Granite
  • Base shelf material
    slate
  • Lintel material
    N/A
  • Roof material
    N/A

Photography Information

  • Date of photograph
    2002
  • Pictures available
    BC: Photo(s) (B/W & colour)

Notes

  • one above the other; tops project 6 in. and bases 3 in.; house was formerly Old Manse, Coull; in 1993 or 1996 another recess (40x21x13) was built in wall facing W
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