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Field Visit
Date August 1997
Event ID 870680
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/870680
Anthropogenic deposits seen in section are associated with a series of upstanding farm buildings, located immediately inland.
The farmstead is of 18th C date and belonged to the Stewarts, lairds of this locality. The two-storied house (Listed, grade 'C') is three bays wide and has a flagged roof. It is currently unoccupied and is now on the Buildings at Risk Register (January 1998). The remains of the other buildings include:
(i) A 35m long range of conjoined buildings aligned E-W, perpendicular to the coast The remains of two dwelling chambers form the E end of the range, At the seaward end the structure has been rebuilt as a small flag-floored shed. The gable end of the shed lies immediately on the coast edge and is severely undermined. The shed is currently in use.
(ii) The footings of a second range of conjoined outbuildings lies parallel to (i).
(iii) Two further parallel ranges of conjoined structures are located c.50m S of (ii). They are now ruinous but both appear to have served, as outbuildings. (iv) A stone jetty is severely storm damaged in places. At the S end of the jetty, adjacent to a trackway, the banks have been consolidated with a revetted wall made from sandbags which are cemented into place.
The deposits seen in section comprise:
(v) A pit containing rubble is visible in section between structures (i) and (ii).
(vi) A second pit, containing flat slabs and anthropogenic deposits is eroding from the coastal section to the S of structure (ii).
(vii) Undifferentiated rubble and stony brash deposits, up to 0.4m thick, are visible between pits (v) and (vi).
(viii) A portion of walling, measuring 2m long and standing to 3 courses high, is located in section immediately N of structure (iii).
(ix) Stratified deposits of anthropogenic soils, gravel, rubble and sand are visible in section to the immediate S of the jetty, beyond the sandbags. The deposits are up to 0.5m thick and extend for 15m. A stone-lined drain is also visible in this section.
Moore and Wilson, 1997
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey
