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Field Visit
Date 2 June 2010
Event ID 609468
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/609468
Two ruinous salt pan-houses are situated side-by-side immediately NE of Ascog Church (NS16SW 28), on the steep rear edge of the rocky foreshore at the S end of Ascog Bay. Each building is rectangular on plan with a rounded NW end and measures 9.4m by 6.9m over walls that average 0.6m in thickness. In both cases the NW end of the building is founded on bedrock and is set at least 1.5m below the SE end. Little detail other than its outline can be seen of the SW pan-house, the interior of which is filled with debris up to 2m in depth. The NE pan-house is much better preserved, surviving to its wall-head on the NW and with much of the chimney (including a blocked fireplace) visible in the SE gable. Three small windows in the NW end (on the SW, NW and NE respectively) are each accompanied just below floor level by a pair of small, square embrasures. Also visible at the NW end are five joist-sockets in the inner face. The entrance has probably been situated in the SE corner, but the wall here has been almost entirely removed.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG) 2 June 2010.
