Inveraray Castle Estate, Malt Land View of hay-drying sheds from North East
SC 458303
Description Inveraray Castle Estate, Malt Land View of hay-drying sheds from North East
Catalogue Number SC 458303
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 19161
Scope and Content Hay-drying sheds from the north-east, Malt Land, Inveraray estate, Argyll and Bute This group of 18th-century office and farm buildings stands 1km north-west of Inveraray Castle. Work was begun by John Adam (1721-92) in 1760-1 and finished by Robert Mylne (1733-1814) who produced a plan in 1776 to turn the buildings into a courtyard. The single-storeyed hay-drying sheds flank the hay-barn, the 'Great Shade' and the Riding School. They were completed and painted in 1784. The bays were divided by rectangular rubble piers 4.2m high. John, 5th Duke of Argyll (1723-1806), pioneered a new method of drying his crops. Corn sheaves were hung on pegs on the walls, and were dried by air which circulated through wooden slatted floors and louvred windows. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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