Glen Nochty – One-Place Study – Invernettie
Glen Nochty – One-Place Study – Invernettie
Invernettie remains a working farm in Glen Nochty but has a long document history going back to the early Jacobite period.
View of site
These short clips should give you an idea of the sites and sounds standing looking towards the site, and hopefully give you a sense of what it is like to be there if you are unable to visit.
Meaning of Name
According to ‘Place Names of West Aberdeenshire’ the name has an early mention, ‘1550, Invernyte, Ant. IV,, 1475; 1507 Invernethy, Ant. IV., 738; 145 1, Invernate, Chamb. Rolls. Cf. Drumanettie, which is near this place; Bothanyettie in the next parish; and Renatton, which also is near.’
In Gaelic it would literally mean mouth of the Nettie burn.
Aerial Drone footage
Aerial view of the Invernetty site not yet available.
Archaeological notes from Canmore
There are eight associated notes/ sites from Canmore listed for Invernettie.
757759 – House (Period Unassigned)
For present farmhouse and steading of Invernettie (NJ 3435 1549), see NJ31NW 95.
Documentary record [unspecified] for site of manor.
131078 – Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
For possible predecessor house of Invernettie (NJ c. 343 154), see NJ31NW 6.
243860 – Building(S) (Period Unassigned)
No associated notes
157131 – Building (Period Unassigned)
A long building is set into the foot of the scarp on the N side of the Nettie Burn some 260m E of Invernettie farmhouse (NJ31NW 95). It measures about 25.2m from ENE to WSW by 5.4m transversely over grass-grown stone wall-footings no more than 0.3m high, and the interior has been dug up to 1m into the slope on the N. A partition wall can be seen a third of the way along the building from the ENE end, and there is a central entrance on the downhill side of the larger, W, compartment.
Visited by RCAHMS (SPH), 2 March 1998.
243858 – Rig And Furrow (Medieval)
NJ31NW 127 centred 3484 1559
131077 – TORRAN BUIDHE Lade (Period Unassigned)
(Location cited as NJ c. 34 15). This lade has been noted by RCAHMS in an area of rough grazing at an altitude of about 410m OD on the steep NW flank of Torran Buidhe. It swings round the head of the Clinie [Cline] Burn and down to Innernettie [Invernettie], and from Allt Eassain [Allt Easain] round the flank of Torran Buidhe down to Tornagawn
NMRS, MS/712/34.
(Location amended to NJ 3499 1539 to 3450 1500). The remains of this lade are situated on the lower NW flank of Torran Buidhe; it has been taken off the S side of the Allt Easain (NJ 3507 1539), entering the mapsheet at NJ 3499 1539 and leaving at NJ 3450 1500. From there the lade runs S to a point (NJ 3450 1496) where it drops sharply downhill towards Tornagawn farmsteading (NJ31SW 57)
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 4 December 1998.
106890 – Croft (Period Unassigned)
(Formerly named Cline Burn and classified as house and enclosure; name changed to Nettie Burn and reclassified as cottage and croft). This cottage is situated on the NW side of the Nettie Burn, some 540m NE of Invernettie farmsteading (NJ31NW 95). It forms part of a two compartment range, on to which an outshot has been butted on the N, and there is a garden enclosure on the W; a small outbuilding is set adjacent to the NE end of the building, and what is either a second outbuilding or an earlier shieling-hut lies a little way to the SW.
The range measures about 19.7m from NNE to SSW by 5.3m transversely over walls 0.7m in thickness by up to 1.5m in height. The cottage, which occupies the NNE end of the range, measures 10.8m from NNE to SSW by 5.3m overall. The walls of the cottage appear to be earthen bonded, whilst those of the SSW end of the range have a core of loose stones and some mortar pointing. The outbuilding adjacent to the NE corner of the range, measures about 5.5m from NW to SE by 4.1m over tumbled grass-grown walls up to 0.5m high. The outbuilding or shieling-hut to the SW measures 7.1m from NE to SW by 4.4m transversely over a wall reduced to a grass-grown stony bank 1m thick and up to 0.3m high.
Both the cottage and the small building adjacent to its NE corner are depicted as roofed on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire, 1869, sheet lx and 1903, sheet lx). On the earlier map the buildings are set within unimproved moorland; by the end of the 19th century, however, two areas of moorland, extending about 15.6 acres and 7.8 acres respectively (c.9.7ha in total), had been taken in, though the fields are shown unfenced.
Visited by RCAHMS (SPH), 2 March 1998.
145562 – Little Cat Cairn
(Cited as being in Glenbuchat parish). Natural outcrop; nil antiquity.
1747 – Roys Military Map
Roy’s Military mentions Invernetty.
1841 – Census
The 1841 census states the following individuals as resident in Invernettie.
- Charles Edward – 35 – Farmer
- Margaret Edward – 23
- Mary McGregor – 19 – Female Servant
- Jane McPherson – 12 Female Servant
- Alexander Don – 27 – Male Servant
- William McHandy – 50 – Male Servant
- John Ross – 50 – Male Servant
1843 – Map
Invernettie is featured on the first OS map.
1851 – Census
The 1851 census states the following individuals as resident in Invernettie
- Charles Edward – 47 – Head – Farmer of 80 acres – POB Aberdeenshire
- Jane Edward – 30 – Wife – POB Strathdon
- Ann Edward – 9 – Daughter – Scholar – POB Strathdon
- Jane Edward – 7 – Daughter – Scholar – POB Strathdon
- Hellen Edward – 5 – Daughter – Scholar – POB Strathdon
- William Stewart – 54 – Servant – Farm Servant – POB Strathdon
- James Paterson – 31 – Servant – Farm Servant – POB Leochel Cushnie
- John Beattie – 28 – Servant – Farm Servant – POB Strathdon
- Alexander Grassick – 16 – Servant – Farm Servant – POB Strathdon
- Jane McDonald – 20 – Servant – House Servant – POB Aberfour, Banffshire
1861 – Census
The 1861 census states the following individuals as resident in Invernettie
- Charles Edward – 57 – Head – Farmer of 110 acres– POB Aberdeenshire
- Jane Edward – 41 – Wife – POB Drumblade, Aberdeenshire
- Ann Edward – 18 – Daughter – Farmer’s Daughter – POB Strathdon
- Jean Edward – 16 – Daughter – Farmer’s Daughter – POB Strathdon
- Hellen Edward – 14 – Daughter – Farmer’s Daughter – POB Strathdon
- Charles Edward – 4 – Son – POB Strathdon
- William Edward – 11 months – Son – POB Strathdon
- Joseph McGregor – 33 – Servant – Ploughman – POB Strathdon
- James Findlay – 20 – Servant – Ploughman – POB Strathdon
- James Clark – 15 – Servant – Cattlehead – POB Strathdon
1871 – Census
The 1871 census states the following individuals as resident in Invernettie
- Charles Edward – 67 – Head – Farmer of 110 acres arable– POB Aberdeenshire
- Janet Edward – 51 – Wife – Farmer’s Wife – POB Drumblade, Aberdeenshire
- Charles Edward – 14 – Son – Scholar – POB Strathdon
- William Edward – 10 – Son – Scholar – POB Strathdon
- Janet Edward – 8 – Daughter – Scholar – POB Strathdon
- Margaret Milne – 36 – Servant – General – Servant Domestic – POB Coull
- James Davidson – 23 – Servant – Farm Servant – POB Lumphanan
- John Downie – 78 – Servant – Farm Servant – POB Tarland
1875 – Newspaper Advert
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1881 – Newspaper Article
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1881 – Census
The 1881 census states the following individuals as resident in Invernettie
- James Gordon – 55 – Head – Farmer of 160 acres of which 100 arable – POB Crathie
- Annie Gordon – 47 – Wife – POB Strathdon
- James Gordon – 24 – Son – Engine Smith at Factory (out of employment) – POB Strathdon
- Jane Gordon – 30 – Daughter – Farmer’s Daughter – POB Strathdon
- Donald Gordon – 16 – Son – Farmer’s Son – POB Strathdon
- William Gordon – 13 – Son – Scholar – POB Strathdon
- Annie G Gordon – 11 – Daughter – Scholar – POB Strathdon
- James Kellas – 30 – Servant – Farm Servant – POB Glenbuchat
- George Reid – 16 – Servant – Farm Servant – POB Strathdon
- Leah Mollison – 21 – Servant – General Servant – POB Old Machar
1881 – Book mention
Invernettie is mentioned in ‘Wanderings in the Highlands of Banff and Aberdeen’ by J G Philips :
“Leaving the house of Belnabodach, we walked over the cultivated part of the estate, in company with Mr Farquharson. It carries an admirable stock of cross cattle. The estate is of about 458 acres, half cultivated, and half in rich pasture. The situation is pleasant, on the south side of the Nochty. From the house a beautiful view of Strathdon is obtained. On the opposite side of the Nochty is Invernettie, now become the property of the Rev. Mr Watt, minister of Strathdon. Torrincroy, away on a height above Invernettie also belongs to that gentleman, who bought it from the Earl of Fife a few years ago.”
1891 – Census
The 1891 census states the following individuals as resident in Invernettie.
- James Gordon – 65 – Head – Farmer – POB Crathie
- Annie Gordon – 57 – Wife – Farmer’s Wife – POB Strathdon
- Donald Gordon – 26 – Son – Farmer’s Son – POB Strathdon
- Annie G Gordon – 21 – Daughter – Farmer’s Daughter – POB Strathdon
- Charles M Gordon – 4 – Grandson – POB Aberdeen
- William Riach – 22 – Servant – Farm Servant – POB Strathdon
- Elizabeth Murison – 15 – Servant – General Servant (Domestic) – POB Strathdon
1894 – Newspaper Article
1901 – Census
The 1901 census states the following individuals as resident in Invernettie.
- John Farquharson – 39 – Head – Farmer – POB Logie Coldstone
- Jane Farquharson – 39 – Wife – Farmer’s Wife – POB Tarland
- Jane Farquharson – 4 – Daughter – POB West Kilbride
- James Farquahrson – 3 – Son – POB Strathdon
- Maggie Farquharson – 1 – POB Strathdon
- Helen Forbes – 16 – Servant – General Serv (Domestic) – POB Kincadine
- William Watt – 24 – Servant – Ploughman – POB Glenbuchat
- Peter Cowe – 16 – Servant – Ploughman – POB Towie
1911 – Census
The 1911 census states the following individuals as resident in Invernettie.
- John Stewart – 67 – Head – Farmer – POB Strathdon
- Charlotte Stewart – 45 – Head – POB Kirkmichael, Banffshire
- John Stewart – 21 – Son – Farmer’s son working on farm – POB Strathdon
- Margaret Ann Stewart – 19 – POB Strathdon
- Charles Stewart – 17 – Farmer’s son working on farm – POB Strathdon
- James Stewart– 13 – Son – School – POB Strathdon
- Francis Stewart – 6 – Son – School – POB Strathdon
- Una Stewart – 6 – Daughter – School – POB Strathdon
- Annie Stewart – 3 – Daughter – POB Strathdon
- Alex Adam – 67 – Visitor – Farm Labourer – POB Aberdeen
1921 – Census
The 1921 census states the following individuals as resident in Invernettie.
- Charlotte Stewart – 51 – Head – Head of Household – POB Kirkmichael, Banffshire
- John Stewart – 31 – Son – Farmer – POB Strathdon
- James Stewart– 22 – Son – Shepherd – POB Strathdon
- Francis Stewart – 19 – Son – Farm Servant – POB Strathdon
- Una Stewart – 16 – Daughter – Housemaid – POB Strathdon
- Annie Stewart – 13 – Daughter – Scholar – POB Strathdon
1926 – Electoral Roll
The Register mentions the following residents of Invernettie.
- William Stewart
1946 – Civilian Residence Register
The Register states no residents of Invernettie.
1966 – Electoral Roll
The Register mentions the following residents of Invernettie.
- Hector C McDonald