Field Visit
Date 20 April 1990
Event ID 732931
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/732931
NX66SE 28.1 6750 6117.
This farmstead comprises two conjoined buildings within an enclosure and a further building to the N of the enclosure, defined by grass-grown stone footings up to 2m in thickness and up to 0.5m in maximum height. The N and particularly the E walls of the building in the enclosure have been heavily robbed, the latter surviving only as a slight scarp and possible robber trench. The building measures at least 8m from N to S by 5m transversely and has a drain down its centre.
Attached to the NW corner of the enclosure is an irregularly-shaped building measuring 5.5m from NW to SE by 4m transversely with an entrance in its NE corner. A disturbed bank to the W may represent an outshot or second compartment.
To the N of the enclosure, across a hollow trackway, trending approximately from E to W, is a further building which measures 9.5m from NW to SE by 5m transversely over grass-grown stone footings 1m in thickness and up to 0.5m in height. The NW wall measures up to 1.5m in thickness.
A trackway is visible to the SW of the farmstead and two scraps of drystone wall, about 1m in thickness and up to 0.5m in height are visible to the N and NW.
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 20 April 1990.
