Inveraray Castle Estate, Maam Steading, Interior View of interior of central barn of steading

Description Inveraray Castle Estate, Maam Steading, Interior View of interior of central barn of steading

Catalogue Number SC 458266

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 7583

Scope and Content Interior of central barn at Maam Steading, Inveraray estate, Argyll and Bute John, 5th Duke of Argyll (1723-1806), was interested in agriculture and science and encouraged advanced farming methods on his estate at Inveraray. Designed by Robert Mylne (1733-1814) Maam Steading was the last stage in the Duke's experimental farms. The interior of the barn is divided by a rubble mid-wall supporting the double roof. It rises to the same height as the internal wall-head of the barn and is pierced by three tall arches. In the end walls, there are doorways into the side wings. There would have been a timber floor at a height of 4.3m, but only the joist-holes remain. Half of the floor was designed for threshing, and half was designed for circulating air for drying hay and corn. The ground floor was paved with stone. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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