View of cart-shed from South

Description View of cart-shed from South

Date 11/5/1998

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number D 31715 CN

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 757543

Scope and Content Cart shed, Steading, Cluny Castle, Highland This shows the cart shed that stored the carts and implements used on the farm. The main wing has four arched entrances, where the carts would enter and leave the building, with four rectangular openings to the granary above. The majority of the estate's income would probably have come from renting farms and the sale of livestock and crops. This group of farm buildings were the base for all the estate's agricultural operations. The design is functional rather than decorative but the stone used in the construction is similar to that used in the castle. Cluny Castle was built in 1805 for the Macphersons of Cluny and stands on the site of an earlier castle which was destroyed by fire in 1746. William Laidlaw Carruthers, Inverness, designed the north-west wing and the Queen Anne Revival-style porch c.1890. Many of the estate buildings were also built when the castle was rebuilt, including gate lodges, stables, meal mill, saw mill and walled gardens. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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