Glen Ogle, Jock's Croft
Cottage (Period Unassigned), Croft (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glen Ogle, Jock's Croft
Classification Cottage (Period Unassigned), Croft (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Old Military Road
Canmore ID 108959
Site Number NN52SE 31
NGR NN 58570 24525
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/108959
- Council Stirling
- Parish Balquhidder
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN52SE 31 58570 24525
NN 585 245. Field recording and detailed laboratory analysis of this roof were undertaken as part of an ongoing archaeological analysis of Scottish thatched roofs. This roof had been well preserved under sheet iron but the building has not been occupied since the 1950s. With the exception of the basal turf layers, all materials relate to the last rethatching of the building. The main thatching material was bracken which had been applied in parallel courses such that the blackened basal part of the stem was exposed at the surface. Every third course consisted of a thin layer of drawn oat straw. This was assumed to have improved the water-shedding properties of the roof.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
T G Holden 1996.
Row of single storey, rubble construction traditional buildings, presumed to have been cottage with adjoining, slightly lower roofline, byres.
The building known as Jock's Croft is the only one to retain any of its original thatch, of a group of crofts in the immediate area, though it is now in a severe state of collapse. Stewart sites Jock's Croft is as being cruck-framed.
Field Visit (20 June 2014)
NN 58570 24525 The main cottage, known as Jock’s Croft, is adjoined by byres of slightly lower roofline. It retains its original thatch, which is currently under a roof of corrugated iron, and is thought to have last been occupied in the 1950s. The cottage has been on the Buildings at Risk (BAR) Register since 1994 (BAR reference number 966) at which time it was ‘in a very dilapidated state’. Since then the building and thatch has deteriorated further. It was last visited by BAR in 2012 where it was noted the ‘building [is] subject to slow general decay’. Due to the buildings’ condition, it is unclear what the current condition of the thatch is, though there are signs of straw visible externally from underneath the corrugated iron roof at the eaves.
Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 20 June 2014, survey no.219
