View of cart-shed and central shed from Northeast Digital image of D/31712

Description View of cart-shed and central shed from Northeast Digital image of D/31712

Date 11/5/1998

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

Catalogue Number SC 757544

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 31712

Scope and Content Central shed and cart shed, Steading, Cluny Castle, Highland This shows the central shed, with a loft door in the gable, on the left, and the cart shed, with four arched openings, on the right. The cart shed stored the carts and implements that were used on the farm while the central shed may have been used to shelter livestock in the ground floor and store hay 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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