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Scottish Farm Buildings Survey
551 238
Description Scottish Farm Buildings Survey
Collection Scottish Farm Buildings Survey
Catalogue Number 551 238
Category All Other
Finding Aids 'Buildings of the Land. Scotland's Farms 1750-2000', RCAHMS. 2008
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Collection Hierarchy - Collection Level
Collection Level (551 238) Scottish Farm Buildings Survey
| Preview | Category | Catalogue Number | Title | Date | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photographs and Off-line Digital Images | D 87703 PO/CN | View from top of Start Point Lighthouse, looking W over the lands used by Start Farm which can be seen at the top-right side of this view Print only, filed in MS/500/36/91 | 8/8/1996 | Item Level | |
| Photographs and Off-line Digital Images | D 4188/36 CN | View from NW end of the stable with John Shaw of the National Museums of Scotland (item 12, MS/744/130/1, sheet 1) 35mm negative Photographic print filed in MS/744/130/1 | 4/8/1993 | Item Level | |
| Photographs and Off-line Digital Images | D 4188/37 CN | View from N showing cart shed, bothy and worker's house (items 4, 3, 2, MS/744/130/1, sheet 1) 35mm negative Photographic print filed in MS/744/130/1 | 4/8/1993 | Item Level | |
| Photographs and Off-line Digital Images | D 87707 PO | View looking SE towards the chimney. On the L of the chimney is the boiler house 35mm contact print Filed in MS/50036/73 NO NEGATIVE | 17/6/1985 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 500/15/70/1 | Summary of manuscript contents, Sunibrae Steading Drawings: Itemised site plan (1:1250, ink/photocopy based on OS map, sheet 1 of 9); Itemised plan and elevations (isometric elevation from SW, (1:250) amd ground plan (1:500), pencil on film, sheet 2 of 9); Annotated site plan and general notes with view looking NW of wind engine (pencil, sheet 3 of 9); Annotated sketch building and tower details of wind engine (with dimensions, pencil, sheet 4 of 9); Annotated sketch wind-engine details (with detailed measurements of sail frames, shaft, gearing etc., pencil, sheet 5 of 9); Annotated sketch gear details and drive pulley and brake lever (with bevel gear details, measurmemnts, pencil, sheet 6 of 9); Annotated sketch sail arms and hub detail (view snd details, pencil, sheet 7 of 9) Other material: General notes and description of items shown on site plan (handwritten, sheet 8-9 of 9); OS map extracts 25-inch map Orkney (1900, sheet LXXVIII.15; OS 1:2500 (1972); Copy of 35mm index sheet for contact prints Working photographs: (35mm contact prints) A76150-A76156 | 9/1985 | Batch Level | |
| Manuscripts | D 4178/16 CN | View of wind-engine sail-arm hub and shaft | 9/6/1994 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | D 4179 CN | View of wind-engine sail-arm hub and shaft | 9/6/1994 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | D 4180/24 CN | Detail of wind-engine sail-arm hub and shaft | 9/6/1994 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | D 4180/23 CN | Detail of wind-engine sail-arm hub and shaft | 9/6/1994 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | D 4181 CN | General view from SW | 9/6/1994 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 744/129/31/0 | Summary of manuscript contents, No. 4 Lettan Steading Drawings: Itemised site plan with item list (1:1250, A4, ink, sheet 1 of 6) based on OS map; Annotated sketch threshing machine (side view and view with descriptive notes of fixed barn, low-speed threshing machine, engine powered (engine removed), all wood frame and panels, A4, pencil, sheet 2 of 6); Annotated wind-engine sail-arm hubs (details with notes, 1:10, A4, pencil, sheet 3 of 6); Sketches of No.4 Lettan Steading (itemised ground plans with dimensions and notes, A4, ink, sheets 4 - 6 of 6) Other Material: OS map extracts 25-inch map Orkney (1872 & 1901, sheet LXXVIII.16), OS 1:2500 (1972) Working Photographs: D4176/CN; D4177/13-14/CN; D4178/15-16/CN; D4179/CN; D4180/23-24/CN; D4181/CN Signed: 'GJ Douglas [RCAHMS]' | 7/1996 | Batch Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 744/129/32/0 | Summary of manuscript contents, Newbigging Steading Drawings: Itemised site plan with item list (1:1250, A4, ink, sheet 1 of 3) based on OS map Other material: General notes and site-plan description (2 sheets, handwritten, sheeys 2-3 of 3); OS map extracts 25-inch map Orkney (1872 & 1901, sheet LXXVIII.16), OS 1:2500 (1972) Signed: 'GJ Douglas [RCAHMS]' | 8/1996 | Batch Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 744/129/33/0 | Summary of manuscript contents, Over-The -Water Steading Drawings: Itemised site plan with item list (1:1250, A4, ink, sheet 1 of 7) based on OS map; Itemised ground plan and details with description (1:250 and section through Stable Stall, 1:50, A$, pencil on film, sheet 2 of 7); Itemsied steading elevation (isometric, view from NW, 1:250, A4, pencil on film, sheet 3 of 7, see also sheets 5-7) Other material: Rubbing, date stone in N gable of threshing barn (green crayon, sheet 4 of 7); General notes and site-plan description (3 sheets, handwritten, sheets 5-7 of 7); OS map extracts 25-inch map Orkney (1872 & 1901, sheet LXXXI.12), OS 1:2500 (1972) Signed: 'GJ Douglas [RCAHMS]' | 10/1996 | Batch Level | |
| Photographs and Off-line Digital Images | D 4201/33 CN | Detail of wind engine shaft Print filed in MS500/15/70/1 | 14/9/1996 | Item Level | |
| Photographs and Off-line Digital Images | D 4201/34 CN | Detail of wind engine shaft Print filed in MS500/15/70/1 | 14/9/1996 | Item Level | |
| Photographs and Off-line Digital Images | D 4201/35 CN | View of steading from S Print filed in MS500/15/70/1 | 14/9/1996 | Item Level | |
| Photographs and Off-line Digital Images | D 4201/36 CN | View of steading from S Duplicate of D4201/35, NO PRINT | 14/9/1996 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 500/15/70/2 | Summary of Mansuscript contents, Rusness, Steading, wind engine Drawings: Annotated view of Wind Engine Shaft (top shaft, 1:10, pencil) Other Material: Itemised OS map extract, 25-inch Orkney (surveyed 1900, sheet LXXVIII.15), OS 1:2500 (1972); correspondence regarding survey (3 sheets dated 1988) | 9/1985 | Batch Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 744/130/2/0 | Summary of manuscript contents, Culgower Steading Drawings: Itemised site plan with item list (1:1250, A4, ink, sheet 1 of 12) based on OS map; Itemised ground plan (1:200, A4, pencil on film, sheet 2 of 10, see sheet 1, 3-4, 7-12); Itemised barn-range elevations (NW and SW elevations, 1:200, sheet 5 of 12, see sheet 1, 7-12); Itemised elevations (isometric view from SE, 1:200, A4, pencil on film, sheet 6 of 12, see sheet 1, 7-12) Other material: General notes and site-plan description (5 sheets, handwritten, sheets 6-10 of 10); OS map extracts 25-inch map Caithness (1872 & 1905, sheet XI.12), OS 1:2500 (1968) Working photographs: D4189/17-20/CN; D4190/21-24/CN; D4191/25-27/CN; D4192/28-29/CN; D4193/30-31/CN Signed: 'GJ Douglas [RCAHMS]' | 7/1994 | Batch Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 500/36/73/0 | Summary of manuscript contents, Stove Steading Drawings: Annotated sketch threshing-machine details (view of drive and section through S end of W side of steading, A4, pencil, sheet 4 of 16, sheet 1 item 9); Itemised, annotated cattle-shed complex (isometric view from SW, 1:500, A4, pencil on film, sheet 5 of 16, see sheet 1, items 30-34, sheets 8-16); Annotated animal-hospital details (plan, elevation, 1:100, A4, pencil on film, sheet 7 of 16); Rubbing of byre date stone ('1956', A4, blue 'wax' crayon, see sheet 2 item 13) Other material: General notes and site-plan description (9 sheets, handwritten, sheets 8-16 of 16); OS map extracts 25-inch map Orkney (1872, sheet LXXXVII.5 & 6, 1901, sheet LXXXVII.6, no second edition of sheet 5), OS 1:2500 (1972) Working photographs: D4196/26-18/CN; D4197/CN; D4198/22-24/CN; D87704/PO See DC33164-66 (sheets 1-3) | 6/1994 | Item Level | |
| Photographs and Off-line Digital Images | C 78051 | General view of Talla reservoir from SE | 17/7/1996 | Item Level | |
| Photographs and Off-line Digital Images | C 78052 CN | General view of Talla reservoir from SE | 17/7/1996 | Item Level | |
| Photographs and Off-line Digital Images | C 73329 | General view of steading and sheepfold from SE | 17/7/1996 | Item Level | |
| Photographs and Off-line Digital Images | C 78053 CN | General view of steading and sheepfold from SE | 17/7/1996 | Item Level |
