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Interior, view from E (including saw-mill machinery) Digital image of D/31670

SC 757541

Description Interior, view from E (including saw-mill machinery) Digital image of D/31670

Date 11/5/1998

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

Catalogue Number SC 757541

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 31670

Scope and Content Saw mill machinery, Stables, Cluny Castle, Highland This shows part of the saw bench in the converted carriage house. The wooden rollers made it easier to move large logs and the canopy over the blade protected workers at the machine from splinters. The sleigh on the rafters in the background is reminiscent of the original use for the building as a shed for keeping the carriages used by the Macpherson family for transport. Saw mills were often built to cut into planks trees that were grown on the estate. The wood could either be sold for a profit or used in estate buildings. 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. The stable range was built in the early 19th century, probably around the time of the rebuilding of the castle. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/757541

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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