Pitagowan

NN86NW 19 centred 819 659

A township comprising fifteen roofed buildings, three partially roofed buildings, ten unroofed buildings, several of which are annotated as Ruins, and several enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1867, sheet xx).

One unroofed, one partially roofed, nine roofed buildings and several enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1991).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 25 September 1997.

NN 819 658 The Old Reading Room at Pitagowan is located 34m north of the B8079 Blair Atholl to Calvine road within the small village of Pitagowan, some 5km WNW of Blair Atholl. It is bounded on its north by the Perth to Inverness railway line. It is intended that the structure will be incorporated into a new house as a kitchen. At present it is in an advanced stage of dereliction.

Perth and Kinross Council imposed a condition whereby a standing building survey should be carried out on the building prior to its redevelopment. Such a survey should comprise a short textual description of the building together with a series of photographs depicting it in its present form. This work was undertaken on 28th July 2006 by Sam Scott of Scotia Archaeology.

Sponsor: Ian Lewis

Scotia Archaeology 17 August 2006.

NN 819 658 A standing building survey was undertaken in advance of the redevelopment of this small 18th-century crofting unit. The single-storey building is now divided into two rooms, a fireplace having been inserted into the N chamber, probably when the roof was raised by 1.2m. Projecting from the N gable was a small 'thack stane' for tying the rope that held the roof thatch.

Sponsor: Mr Ian Lewis.

Sam Scott, 2006.