Courtyard, view of cart-shed from North West. Digital image of D 23997 CN

Description Courtyard, view of cart-shed from North West. Digital image of D 23997 CN

Date 16/3/1998

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

Catalogue Number SC 742355

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 23997 CN

Scope and Content Cart shed, Sibster Mains Farm, Highland, from north-west Sibster Mains Farm has a large steading arranged around a square courtyard, dating variously from the late 18th century to the mid- to late 19th century and into the 20th century. It is thus a fine example of agricultural development through three centuries and is particularly notable for its 18th-century kiln barn. This shows the cart shed from the north-west with its six bays and a door in the end (right). The bays have been enclosed with gates so they can now be used to house livestock. There is also a gate which secures the courtyard from the road. Other kinds of farm machinery would have been stored in the cart shed such as reaping machines. The first practical machine was designed by Patrick Bell, a divinity student and son of an Angus farmer. His first machine was produced in 1828 and by 1832 he had sold ten of his machines to farmers in both the UK and abroad. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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