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Glen Of Scotsburn

Farmstead (Post Medieval), Kiln (Post Medieval)

Site Name Glen Of Scotsburn

Classification Farmstead (Post Medieval), Kiln (Post Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Westerglen

Canmore ID 14568

Site Number NH77NW 24

NGR NH 70508 77184

NGR Description NH 70508 77184, NH 70506 77158 and NH 70484 77148

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Logie Easter
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NH77NW 24 705 771 to 706 772

A four compartment 19th century longhouse, with a well preserved 'keyhole' corn-drying kiln, an associated rectangular building, stock enclosures and fields.

Large field clearance cairn associated with farmstead.

Information from D W Ross to RCAHMS, 11 November 1988.

One roofed, one partially roofed and one unroofed building and an enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire and Cromartyshire 1880, sheet liv). Three unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1975).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 April 1996

Activities

Field Visit (November 1977)

Glen of Scotsburn 1 NH 704 771 NH77NW

This farm comprises three buildings of dry-stone construction, one of them a kiln-barn; there are traces of enclosures and field-walling.

RCAHMS 1979, visited November 1977

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