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Field Visit
Date 16 October 2014
Event ID 1011494
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1011494
NG 37805 70731 Single storey byre, part of a group listing with a 19th century croft building (Beaton’s Cottage). Both buildings are owned and managed by the National Trust for Scotland, the croft being let out as holiday accomodation. The rush-thatched roof of the byre has a continuous thatched ridge and is entirely netted. The netting is weighted at the eaves with stones, tied to the netting with wire. In three locations around the building a metal pole has been used to weight down the netting at the eaves, which some of the stones have been tied onto. There is a small amount of vegetation growth across the surface of the thatch, particularly above one of the door openings where there is a large patch of grass growing from the thatch just above the eaves.
Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 16 October 2014, survey no.102
