Alltandubh
Extract from MS249 The Atholl Experience
Alltandubh
(915 723)
Meaning
G. Alltan dubh Little Black Stream: A common name
describing the colour of the water, blackened by peat.
Map References
| 1747-55 |
Ald-Dow |
Military Survey of Scotland, William
Roy |
 |
| 1780 |
Auldandue |
Plan of Blair ..., James Stobie |
| 1790 |
Auldandow |
Draught of the Barony of Lude |
| 1808 |
Aldandow |
Plan of Commonty ..., David
Buist |
Topography
 |
Stobie in 1780 described the area
thus: 23. Auldandue Arable acres 25.510.
Stobie's map shows 4 to 5 buildings, while Buist in 1808 shows
6., by which time it was in ruins. Fieldwork reveals the
footings of 8 buildings, some extant to 3 feet and with one
prominent gable end in the late 20th century. There is also
an enclosure and the remains of a corn-drying kiln.
[In] 1802 the farms of Dail na Goillsaich and Alltandubh
and Pit an Easaidh were taken over by His Grace [the Duke of
Atholl] and added to his sheep pasture in Glen Tilt. The
farm was sown with clover.
|
Source: John Kerr, The Atholl Experience Vol 19 p
254
Illustrations: Section of James Stobie's Plan of Blair in
Atholl, 1780, reproduced by kind permission of Atholl
Estates
Photograph of one remaining gable end of old settlement of
Alltandubh, The Atholl Experience Vol 19 p 254
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