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Craigsheal
Building(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Enclosure(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Lairds House (17th Century) - (18th Century)
Site Name Craigsheal
Classification Building(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Enclosure(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Lairds House (17th Century) - (18th Century)
Canmore ID 27419
Site Number NO05SE 58
NGR NO 06326 51187
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/27419
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Clunie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (31 July 1987)
NO05SE 58 0631 5118
At the break of slope below the farmstead of Craigsheal (NO 05 SE 23), commanding views to the SE across Loch Benachally, there are the remains of a lesser ranking laird or tacksman's house, probably of late 17th- or early 18th-century date.
It is gable-ended and rectangular on plan measuring 14m from WSW to ENE by 7m transversely over clay-bonded rubble walls 0.8m in thickness; it probably comprised a ground-floor hall and chamber, and originally stood two storeys in height, but the side-walls are reduced to their lowest courses.
The entrance is central to the SSE wall and is flanked by two splayed window-openings; that on the WSW is checked for a fixed frame.
A lintelled fireplace is incorporated at ground-floor level in the ENE gable, and a flue at the NNW end of the gable suggests the provision of an oven. A scarcement, fireplace and mural-press are visible at first-floor level in the ENE gable; the position of the stair is not apparent, though it was most likely to have been against the N wall.
At the rear of the house the ground has been cut away to aid run-off from the garden which extends upslope to the NW. The policies appear to be depicted by Roy and the house is shown as ruinous by Stobie.
W Roy 1747-55; J Stobie 1783
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS) 31 July 1987
RCAHMS 1990
Measured Survey (1987)
RCAHMS surveyed the laird's house at Craigsheal in 1987 at a scale of 1:125 with alidade and plane-table. The ground floor plan was redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:250 (RCAHMS 1990, Fig. 245A).
Measured Survey (1987)
RCAHMS surveyed the laird's house and fermtoun at Craigsheal in 1987 at a scale of 1:500 with self-reducing alidade and plane-table. The site plan was redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:1000 (RCAHMS 1990, Fig. 245B).
Note (11 December 1997)
Three unroofed buildings, one of which has an outshot, and two enclosures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1867, sheet li). This and the neighbouring settlement (NO05SE 23) are annotated as 'Ruins of'. Two unroofed buildings, three enclosures and an unroofed circular structure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 11 December 1997
Note (14 November 2001)
Craigsheal is described as a sheep farm in correspondence, dated 25 November 1769 and held in the Delvine papers in the National Library of Scotland, from the factor, Dean James Hill to John McKenzie of Delvine. It is 'one of the best pastures for sheep and goats in the country' (the factor) had been at the place when it was a goat whey quarters and had then been a tolerably good hous, pretty well done up for lodgers, two storey high with plaister partitions and pleasantly situate on the bank of the loch where there is good fishing. There is pasture for 600 sheep, some arable land and rent #9 sterling.
Information from J Black 14 November 2001
