Jura, Keils, Thatched Cottage
Thatched Cottage (19th Century)
Site Name Jura, Keils, Thatched Cottage
Classification Thatched Cottage (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Toolshed; Former Byre; A Black
Canmore ID 152728
Site Number NR56NW 44
NGR NR 52614 68293
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/152728
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Jura
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Rubble-built with roughly dressed quoins and jambs. Entrance with window to west on south elevation. Surviving part thatched.
Keils represents a surprisingly complete crofter township with good example of the development of building techniques in the 19th century. (Historic Scotland)
Images taken by the West of Scotland Archaeology service show thatch was intact over the mostly westerly section upto relatively recently.
Field Visit (11 August 2014)
NR 52619 68293 Listed building description reads ‘19th century byre, half now ruined. Rubble-built with roughly dressed quoins and jambs. Entrance with window to west on south elevation. Surviving part thatched’. The building is now a complete ruin and none of the roof structure or thatch remains. The building has been on the Buildings at Risk Register since 2010 (BAR reference number 4602) and upon inspection in 2009, BAR noted that ‘External inspection finds the formerly thatched building now in an advanced state of collapse’, with no significant changes recorded in 2012.
Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 11 August 2014, survey no.028
