Mossat, Aberdeenshire

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
Jul 1953
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Mossat. Bridge of Mossat @ S East'. View from the south-east of one-and-a-half storey houses. They are built of rubble-stone with slate roofs and dormer windows. The end building is a shop with cars parked outside it.
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Munn Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Jul 1953
Subject place
Mossat/Aberdeenshire
Subject notes
The small group of houses lies in west Aberdeenshire in a farming area. Poor soils and a short growing season encouraged specialisation in livestock rearing and fattening to produce meat of the highest quality. The local Aberdeen-Angus breed is world famous. The area is rural with a dispersed settlement pattern, farmers (and previously, farm workers) living in the farmhouses (and bothies) on the farms themselves. The small villages housed one or two shops and tradesmen that serviced the farms.
Accession number
P39439

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