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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 726675

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/726675

NX64NW 17 63343 48209

(NX 6334 4820) Borgue Old House, now ruinous, originally dates from the late 17th century, when it was L-shaped on plan, the main block being 48' long with a 30' 3" wing projecting to the SE. A second wing, which projects 10' 5" and is 18' 10" broad, has been added to the SW angle probably at a later date, while a projecting wing which probably contained a timber staircase has been attached to the N wall, so that the house is now E-shaped, the inner arm of the E being reversed. It has been a substantial building of two storeys and an attic.

RCAHMS 1914, visited 1912; SDD List, undated

Borgue Old House (name confirmed) dates from 1680 (date stone set in garage lintel at Borgue House) when it undoubtedly measured overall 15.0m E-W x 6.0m transversely with two contemporary wings projecting from the SE and SW corners. A further wing 4.4m x 4.6m projecting from the north wall was probably added at a slightly later date.

Visited by OS (RD) 5 February 1971.

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