Field Visit

Date 11 June 2015

Event ID 1011696

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

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Scottish Thatched Building Survey

NF 78593 17392 Probably 19th century cottage is listed as having a ‘muran thatch roof, secured with ropes, netting and stone weights’. Large sections of marram thatch are still in place on the building, however, the building is derelict and much of the roofing material has been lost, leaving the interior of the building exposed. The site could not be accessed when visited, yet photographs taken from nearby show visible signs of netting still in place and a few weighting stones left intact around the chimney stacks only. A small section of thatch remaining along the ridge suggests it was thatched continously across, however, this can not be determined for certain. The roof appears close to collapse as many of the timber beams can be seen to be damaged. There are large areas of grassy vegetation growth on the surface of the remaining thatch.

Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 11 June 2015, survey no.304