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Bute, Upper Ardroscadale
Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Horse Engine Platform (Post Medieval)
Site Name Bute, Upper Ardroscadale
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Horse Engine Platform (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Bail' Uachdrach, Bailuachdrach
Canmore ID 239525
Site Number NS06SW 33
NGR NS 04000 64301
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/239525
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
NS06SW 33 040 643
NS 040 643 Upper Ardroscadale.
The survey of deserted farms on the island of Bute continues. During 2002 permission was given for a number of recently disused farms to be recorded in advance of modernisation. Many of the farms are planned courtyard complexes with additional 20th-century cow sheds and other new buildings. Documentary and family research has begun on these buildings and their historic farm's land holdings.
Each site was photographed and an annotated sketch was made, recording details such as condition, stone, other materials, blocked doors, windows, additions and alterations, both inside and outside, where possible. Close examination of farmhouses and other farm buildings often revealed a complicated sequence of structures, which indicated a longer history than generally attested. External features such as the stackyard and garden, including identifiable plantings, have been noted at some sites.
Records are held in Bute Museum.
Sponsor: Buteshire Natural History Society
E Proudfoot 2002
Upper Ardroscadale was a working farmsteading until relatively recently, but the L-plan range on the N and E side of the farmyard has been converted into a modern dwelling, the ranges on the S and W are now roofless, and the large sheds that once stood immediately to the S have been removed.
A farmstead called 'Ballyeugroch', which comprised seven buildings and yards, is depicted at or about this location on an 18th-century estate map (Foulis 1758-9). The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire and Buteshire 1869, Sheet CCIII) shows the steading comprising two opposing L-plan ranges forming four sides of a central yard. The contemporary Name Book (No.5, p.49) describes Upper Ardroscadale as 'a fine farm house and offices, the property of the Marquis of Bute'. The disposition of the buildings remained little changed in the next thirty years, but the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch (Buteshire 1897, Sheet CCIII NE) shows that a horse-engine had been added to the S range. The farmstead, without significant change, is visible on RAF vertical aerial photographs taken in 1946 (106G/SCOT/UK94 4086) and hay is stacked in the S yard.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 9 July 2009.
Antiquarian Mapping (1758 - 1759)
Field Visit (1863)
Aerial Photography (1946)
Standing Building Recording (2002)
NS 040 643 Upper Ardroscadale.
The survey of deserted farms on the island of Bute continues. During 2002 permission was given for a number of recently disused farms to be recorded in advance of modernisation. Many of the farms are planned courtyard complexes with additional 20th-century cow sheds and other new buildings. Documentary and family research has begun on these buildings and their historic farm's land holdings.
Each site was photographed and an annotated sketch was made, recording details such as condition, stone, other materials, blocked doors, windows, additions and alterations, both inside and outside, where possible. Close examination of farmhouses and other farm buildings often revealed a complicated sequence of structures, which indicated a longer history than generally attested. External features such as the stackyard and garden, including identifiable plantings, have been noted at some sites.
Records are held in Bute Museum.
Sponsor: Buteshire Natural History Society
E Proudfoot 2002
Note (9 July 2009)
Upper Ardroscadale was a working farmsteading until relatively recently, but the L-plan range on the N and E side of the farmyard has been converted into a modern dwelling, the ranges on the S and W are now roofless, and the large sheds that once stood immediately to the S have been removed.
A farmstead called 'Ballyeugroch', which comprised seven buildings and yards, is depicted at or about this location on an 18th-century estate map (Foulis 1758-9). The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire and Buteshire 1869, Sheet CCIII) shows the steading comprising two opposing L-plan ranges forming four sides of a central yard. The contemporary Name Book (No.5, p.49) describes Upper Ardroscadale as 'a fine farm house and offices, the property of the Marquis of Bute'. The disposition of the buildings remained little changed in the next thirty years, but the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch (Buteshire 1897, Sheet CCIII NE) shows that a horse-engine had been added to the S range. The farm is visible on RAF vertical aerial photographs taken in 1946 (106G/SCOT/UK94 4086) and at that time the plan is still unchanged and hay is stacked in the S yard.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 9 July 2009.
