Field Visit

Date 28 August 2014

Event ID 1011429

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

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Scottish Thatched Building Survey

NL 97115 46096 This early 19th century cottage, listed as being flanked by byre/barn at each gable end and having ‘piended thatched roofs to cottage and one barn; tarred felt to second’. The barn to the north has a felt roof, whilst the barn to the south is in a ruinous condition, though the owner is in the process of restoring the south barn and building a new roof. The main cottage remains thatched. The whole roof, including across the ridge, has been netted and weighted down using thin ropes and stones. The stone weights run around the entire circumference of the building just above the wallhead, openings and around the chimney stacks at either end. No photographs are available for this entry.

Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 28 August 2014, survey no.037