Badden Cottage

This township consisting of six buildings is situated on a rise to the SW of an unnamed burn running a few metres SSW of Badden Cottage (NH80NW 4). It is approached by a branch track that leaves the main route a few metres S of the cottage.

Building A (NH 82485 06118) is situated immediately S and E of the branch track as it climbs on to the rise. It measures 10.5m from E to W by 4m transversely within heavily robbed, grass-grown boulder walls 0.7m thick and 0.2m high. There is a possible entrance on the N offset W of centre.

Building B (NH 82471 06119) is situated about 3m WNW of Building A on the W side of the track. It measures 7.8m from ENE to WSW by 2.9m transversely within grass-grown walls 0.7m thick and 0.3m high.

Building C (NH 82467 06136) is situated about 10m N of Building C. It measures 8.5m from NW to SE by 3.4m transversely within grass-grown boulder walls 0.8m thick and 0.3m high. There is a possible entrance on the SW offset SE of centre.

Building D (NH 82460 06117) is terraced into the rising ground about 1.5m W of Building B. It measures 9.4m from NE to SW by 3.4m within grass-grown stony banks 0.9m thick and 0.3m high. It has been divided into two compartments and while there is a roughly square-shaped central porch on the SE providing access to the SW compartment, there is also another possible entrance on this side providing access to the NE compartment.

Building E (NH 82618 06110) is situated about 10m WSW of Building D. It measures 5.8m from NE to SW by 2.6m transversely within grass and bracken-grown banks 0.8m thick and 0.3m high. There is an entrance on the SE offset NE of centre. Immediately NW is a small enclosure with an entrance immediately adjacent to the N corner of the building.

Building F (NH 82453 06107) is situated 5m SE of Building E. It measures 7m from NE to SW by 2.8m within spread grass-grown banks 1m thick and 0.3m high. There is a possible entrance on the SE adjacent to the E corner.

Visited by RCAHMS (ATW, IP), 10 April 2013