Shenlarich
Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Horse Engine Platform (Post Medieval)
Site Name Shenlarich
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Horse Engine Platform (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 290234
Site Number NN64SE 109
NGR NN 6909 4105
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/290234
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kenmore (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN64SE 109 6909 4105
This late-nineteenth century farmstead stands on the NW side of the A827 road. The principal building of the steading is a two-storeyed barn, built of mortared rubble and set into steeply rising ground on the NW. There is a grass-grown horse-engine platform against its rear wall and a timber outshot stands against its NE gable, in front of which there is a midden pit, still used to collect manure. The farmhouse stands to the SW of the steading, within a garden. Both house and barn are depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1900, sheet lviii SE), but no structures are shown here on the first edition of that map (Perthshire 1867, sheet lviii), which applies the name Shenlarich to the ruined farmstead about 150m to the W (NN64SE 29).
(BL00 2644)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 9 March 2004
Field Walking (12 June 2019)
GUARD Archaeology Limited undertook an archaeological desk-based assessment and walkover survey, conducted on 12th June 2019, of an area proposed for woodland creation at Duallin Farm in Perth and Kinross. The aims of the study were to assess evidence for the past human use of the area, its archaeological sensitivity, and the potential impact of any development upon the archaeological resource.
The cultural heritage assessment has found that the Site sits within an archaeological landscape that has been used for settlement and ritual purposes since prehistoric times. Within the Site itself are six cup marked or cup and ring marked stones. A further nine cup marked or cup and ring marked stones, one prehistoric hut circle (CHS 56) and a nationally significant stone circle are located within the 1 km buffer.
There are 16 post-medieval sites of local or lesser cultural heritage significance within the area proposed for woodland creation. These consist of agricultural remains, townships, small-scale industrial features, individual structures a trackway and a wall.
Cartographic evidence and aerial and satellite imagery indicate that the Site has been agricultural land and upland rough grazing since at least the mid eighteenth century. Given that prehistoric remains are known within the Site, there is good potential for the survival of hitherto unrecorded sub-surface archaeological remains within the area proposed for woodland creation. Consequently, Perth and Kinross Council may require the implementation of a programme of archaeological evaluation works to establish the presence or absence in those areas of the Site that will be subject to ground-breaking work.
A brief assessment of potential indirect effects upon the designated cultural heritage sites located within the 1 km buffer found that there would be no significant indirect effect upon the settings of Old Lawers Village, Settlement and Burial Ground Scheduled Monument, Lawers Toll House (CHS 31), Lawers Bridge (CHS 32), Lawers Smithy, Lawers Mill, or Lawers Burn, Peat Stores, Huts and Trackways, and Cup-marked Stones Scheduled Monument.
Information from: Karolina Saxerbo Sjoberg (Guard Archaeology) 14th June 2019
OASIS ID: guardarc1-355540
