Ruigh Chonnuill

The principal building of this farmstead is set parallel to the contour; it is of at least three compartments (there are traces of what may be a fourth compartment at the SSE end) and measures 29.6m from NNW to SSE by 6.4m transversely over stone walls generally reduced to their footings but standing to a maximum height of 0.6m. The largest compartment, that on the SSE, is a byre with three lateral drains about 1m broad, and there may be a fourth drain in the central compartment. At its NNW end a second building is set across the contour, measures 11.3m from NE to SW by 5.5m over stone wall-footings, and is adjoined on the NW and SE by a large rectilinear enclosure, whilst to the NNE there is what may be a potato store measuring 9.4m from NNE to SSW by 3.4m transversely over stone wall-footings. The farmstead is depicted as ruinous and named 'Ruidh Chonnuill' on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire, 1867, sheet 23), and Stobie (1783) places the settlement of 'Rinnaconer' at approximately this location (but see also Nos. NO 06 NE 9 and 12). J Stobie 1783

Visited by RCAHMS (PC) June 1988.

RCAHMS 1990

NO06NE 21 0851 6528

Two unroofed buildings, which are annotated as in ruins, an enclosure, a sheepfold and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1867, sheet xxiii). The sheepfold and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 November 1997.