Moss House at Murtle, Aberdeenshire. 



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Art. VI. Ground Plan, Elevation, and Description of a Moss House 

 erected at Murtle, in Aberdeenshire. By Mr. James Alexander, 

 Gardener at Maeslough Castle, South Wales. 



J. HEREWITH send you a description of a moss house in the 

 grounds at Murtle, near Aberdeen. The ground plan has nine 

 equal sides, with a portico all round, supported on nine rustic 

 pillars, each 1 ft. in diameter, with capitals 1 ft. 2 in. square 

 and 4 in. thick ; and on which rest four courses of rustic planks, 

 6 in. thick each, laid horizontally, which connect the whole of 

 the pillars. 



Fig. 79. is the ground plan, shown as it is, raised on a base 

 1 ft. high, and surrounded by a gravel walk, a shows the 



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position and form of the seat, which is made of well-seasoned 

 rustic wood. The floor of the cell is laid with broken bottles, 

 with their bottoms upwards, and the hollows filled in with 

 Roman cement and sea shells. The space below the portico is 

 paved in star and diamond forms, with small stones of various 

 colours from the sea beach. 



