Site type FARM BUILDING, FARMHOUSE
Canmore ID 108624
Site Number NH25SW 9
NGR NH 2126 5165
Council HIGHLAND
Parish CONTIN
Former Region HIGHLAND
Former District ROSS AND CROMARTY
Former County ROSS AND CROMARTY

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Archaeological Notes

Ancilliary farm building located adjacent a former farm house, now a holiday home, 150m to the SW of Scardroy Lodge within an area of pine plantation.

A well maintained building of dressed, mortar bonded stone below a slate roof(Nosas Site Survey No 658), but without door or glazed windows. Comprises two compartments,the larger W end is 7.5m x 2.5m and the E compartment is 3m x 2.5m. The walls are 0.6m thick and 1.5m in height.

Two buildings are shown on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet xcvi)and one of the building is shown on James Flint’s 1825 plan of the Strathconan Estate.

Information from North of Scotland Archaeology Society.

Architectural Notes

ARCHITECTS: Ross & Macbeth (I.C. 17 Feb 1893)

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