View in turnip house (NC 5324 1489) from S See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 4
C 61105
Description View in turnip house (NC 5324 1489) from S See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 4
Date 17/8/1995
Collection Scottish Farm Buildings Survey
Catalogue Number C 61105
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 738263
Scope and Content Turnip House, Shinness Steading, Highland Shinness Steading was built on the huge Sutherland estate which, by 1873, comprised almost 1.3m acres, more than 90% of the county. Shinness was originally a sheep farm, but between 1872 and 1877, the land was drained to create four new arable farms and in 1882 new buildings were erected at Shinness itself. This shows the interior of the turnip house from the south. Note the steep ramp from the double door (right), the cobbled floor and pitch-pine planks. There is a door into the feeding passage and the turnip slicer is still in situ. There is also a wooden cupboard on the wall labelled 'chemistry'. Turnips were known as garden crops from the late 17th century, even as far north as Orkney. It was not until the mid-1700s however that they became a regular field crop. Today 'neeps' are not only used to feed cattle, but have become part of the traditional Burns Supper alongside haggis and potatoes. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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