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Croft Na Coille
Farmstead (Post Medieval)
Site Name Croft Na Coille
Classification Farmstead (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 27292
Site Number NO05NE 41
NGR NO 0974 5757
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/27292
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kirkmichael (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (4 May 1987)
NO05NE 41 0974 5757
Situated in an area of permanent pasture about 600m NE of Croft na Coille Cottage, there are the remains of a farmstead comprising three buildings and an enclosure.
The farmstead is depicted on the first edition OS 6" map (1863, Sheet 41). The northernmost building (NO 0973 5759) measures 7.2m NNE-SSW by 3.7m within low ruined walls (up to 0.7m thick and 0.4m high) and has an entrance midway along the W side. The entrance leads on to a sunken cross-passage and in the SE corner there is a recessed extension, possibly a closet. At the SSW end there are what may be the footings of an outshot, or a small enclosure set between this and the second building; it measures 6.6m E-W by 5.6m internally.
Situated immediately to the S (NO 0973 5758), the second building measures 8.8m NW-SE by 3.8m within stone wall-footings measuring up to 0.85m in thickness and up to 1.1m in height. The entrance is probably situated midway along the severely-robbed SW wall and at the SE end there is an outshot measuring 3.8m NW-SE by 3.5m within low wall-footings (0.8m thick and 0.4m high); the entrance is at its SW corner.
The third building (NO 0974 5756) lies immediately S of the second. It probably has two compartments and measures 12.3m N-S by 2.2m within wall-footings 0.9m thick and 0.7m high; no entrances are visible. The E wall of the building has been incorporated into a later enclosure which measures 41m E-W by up to 2.4m in width transversely.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 4 May 1987
RCAHMS 1990
Note (5 December 1997)
Two unroofed buildings and one enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1867, sheet xli) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1977).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 December 1997