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Lair
Farmstead (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (19th Century)
Site Name Lair
Classification Farmstead (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (19th Century)
Canmore ID 29507
Site Number NO16SW 46
NGR NO 14021 63276
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/29507
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kirkmichael (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (September 1988)
NO16SW 46 1400 6321.
This farmstead is situated 190m SW of Lair and comprises two buildings, set at right angles to each other, and a kiln. The larger building may be of three compartments and measures 24.3m by 6m over turf-covered stone wall-footings 1.2m thick. The smaller building, which is defined largely by robber-trenches, is of two compartments and measures 8.2m by 6.1m over all. A third building or pen measures 10.8m by 3.2m over a bank 0.6m thick and 0.2m high.
Visited by RCAHMS (PC) September 1988.
RCAHMS 1990
Note (3 December 1997)
Two enclosures, one of which has four compartments and may be a sheepfold, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1865-7, sheet xxxiii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1977).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 3 December 1997.
