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Arran, Glen Cloy. General view looking NNW towards Goatfell showing cottage with horse and cart on right.

SC 747904

Description Arran, Glen Cloy. General view looking NNW towards Goatfell showing cottage with horse and cart on right.

Date 14/4/1884

Collection Papers of Erskine Beveridge, antiquarian, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 747904

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of BU 22

Scope and Content Glen Cloy, Arran, North Ayrshire Arran, a large island in the Firth of Clyde, lies about 5km from the Mull of Kintyre which gives it shelter from the west. The north of the island is mountainous, with spectacular scenery and some of the most beautiful glens in Scotland. This photograph of Glen Cloy, which runs from Brodick on the east coast of the island, was taken in 1884 by Erskine Beveridge, and shows Goat Fell [Goatfell], the highest mountain on Arran, in the distance. The road, which runs through part of the glen, is lined on one side with picturesque, stone-built, whitewashed cottages with gable ends and thatched roofs. The thatch, consisting probably of straw, forms a fringe at the eaves which threw off surplus water from the wall-face. There was a time when practically every building in rural Scotland, apart from tower-houses and many churches, was roofed in some form of thatch. The roofs had a timber framework which formed a base for turf, cut in large rectangular slabs and laid overlapping like slates. The top covering consisted of a thatch of straw, reeds, heather or ferns, tied down with rope or plaited straw. The material had to be maintained annually and, at longer intervals, removed and replaced. From about 1750, thatch began to be superseded by more permanent roof coverings, such as slates, stone slabs and pantiles, which were better equipped to resist the extreme weather of the winter months. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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