Lair

RCAHMS surveyed the farmstead at Lair on 11 September 1987 with self-reducing alidade and plane-table at a scale of 1:250. The plan was redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:500 (RCAHMS 1990, Fig. 291.9).

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This farmstead is situated about 150m W of the A93 and is crossed by a modern track. It comprises three buildings, reduced to their stone wall-footings, and an irregularly-shaped enclosure. The best-preserved building lies outside the enclosure, immediately to the W; it has rounded ends, measures 16.4m from E to W by 3.6m transversely at the W end and 5.4m transversely at the E end overall. The second building is also external to the enclosure, but adjoins its SSW side; it measures 12.6m from NW to SE by 5.6m transversely overall. The third building lies within the enclosure, along its N side.

Visited by RCAHMS (PC) September 1988.

RCAHMS 1990

NO 1390 6370 A magnetic survey was carried out, 16 December 2011 – 5 November 2012, to provide a broad context for the excavations at Lair being conducted by Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust. The area has been occupied repeatedly, possibly from as early as the Neolithic. An area of c3ha has been covered so far but much of the site is in deep heather and progress is slow. A wide variety of magnetic features have been mapped.

Archive: Perth and Kinross SMR and RCAHMS ( intended)

Funder: Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust

Peter Morris, Blairgowrie Geoscience, 2012

(Source: DES)