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Croft Crombie
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Croft Crombie
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 25777
Site Number NN86NE 17
NGR NN 878 696
NGR Description Centred on NN 878 696
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/25777
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Blair Atholl
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN86NE 17 centred on 878 696
In the area centred on NN 8784 6966 there is a depopulated settlement comprising fourteen buildings, two corn-drying kilns and several enclosures, generally visible as partially grass covered walls c 0.6m high. The buildings vary from 5.5m x 2.0m to 27.0m x 3.5m. The settlement was deserted c 1850 and although there is no known name for it, it falls in an area called Croft Crombie.
Visited by OS (R D) 29 September 1967
(Previously recorded as NN86NE 16) In the area centred on NN 8747 6895 there are the remains of thirteen buildings, two corn-drying kilns and associated enclosures, forming a depopulated settlement. The remains are generally visible as partially grass covered walls c.0.5m high and the buildings vary from 6.0m x 3.0m to 19.0m x 4.0m. The settlement was deserted c.1850 and although there is no known name for it, it falls in an area called Croft Crombie.
Visited by OS (R D) 29 September 1967
Two unroofed buildings, two enclosures and what may be two phases of head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1867, sheet xxi). Twenty-five unroofed buildings, nine enclosures and some field walls are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1989).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 26 September 1997.
