Clean Pool was an important boundary marker between the parishes of Huntly and Cairnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It has now been dried up to plant conifer trees.[1]
Archaeological surveys at the site and surrounding area have discovered traces of cairns and other features suggesting a non-domestic use for this part of the landscape.
It is described in the 1865-71 Ordnance Survey name book as "A large Marshy Pool situated in the Bin wood about 60 chains north of the Farm of Gibston, where (Local Tradition says) a party of Soldiers who had passed it from Some battle, washed themselves in it; hence it has been called the Clean pool, and is well known by that name."[2]
References
edit- ^ p.3, The Place Names of the Parish of Huntly, Patrick W. Scott
- ^ George Rose, Civil Assistant. Aberdeenshire OS Name Books, 1865-1871. Vol. 40. Ordnance Survey. OS1/1/40/91. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- Aberdeenshire Sheet XXVI.NW, Ordnance Survey, 1949
- "Clean Pool - Scotlands Places". scotlandsplaces.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- Shepherd, C. (2007). "Clean Pool, Aberdeenshire (Huntly parish), site survey". Discovery Excav Scot. 8. Cathedral Communications Limited, Wiltshire, England: 23–25.
- Shepherd, C. (2008). "Clean Pool, Aberdeenshire (Huntly parish), excavation". Discovery Excav Scot. 9. Cathedral Communications Limited, Wiltshire, England: 22.
- Shepherd, C. (2011). "Bin Forest, Aberdeenshire (Cairnie/Huntly parish), historic landscape survey". Discovery Excav Scot. 12. Cathedral Communications Limited, Wiltshire, England: 13–14.
- "Aberdeenshire Council Historic Environment Record - Aberdeenshire - NJ54SW0054 - CLEAN POOL". Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- "Clean Pool". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
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