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Bute, Craigberoch
Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Horse Engine Platform (Post Medieval)
Site Name Bute, Craigberoch
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Horse Engine Platform (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 300484
Site Number NS06SE 395
NGR NS 07395 63677
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/300484
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
NS06SE 395 07395 63677.
Site 122 Craigberoch
This farm, in record as part of Barone farm 1750, was abandoned in 1994, and the mid 19th century courtyard buildings partially demolished in 1998. Older buildings are shown on the maps of Fowlis (1758), May (1780) and Robertson (1830). The name, meaning pointed rock, refers to a standing stone near the steading.
Proudfoot and Hannah 2000.
Craigberoch farmsteading, which was last occupied about twenty years ago, comprises ranges on three sides of a courtyard that is open to the ENE. The SSE range contains a now roofless three-bay one-and-a-half storey farmhouse with yellow sandstone margins, which has been extended by two bays to the WSW. Attached to the WSW end of this extension is a byre. The roofless WSW range comprises a barn (with a horse-engine platform adjacent to its WSW side) and a cart-shed (opening into the yard) attached to its SSE end. The NNW range contains a byre with a bothy attached to its ENE end. A large silage pit is situated immediately SW of the buildings.
'Craigbeeroch' is depicted as two buildings and a yard on a mid-18th century estate map (Foulis 1758-59; RHP14107/23), at which time the farm extended to 174 Scots acres. The farmstead is also depicted on May's map of 1781, when there were two buildings and adjacent yards on a farm of 116 acres. The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1869, Sheet CCIV) depicts the present SSE and WSW ranges roofed. The contemporary OS Name Book (No.7, p.74) describes Craigbiroch as 'a farm house and offices, the property of the Marquis of Bute', and the occupier at that time was Duncan Currie. The present NNW range is a late-19th century addition which is shown on the 2nd edition of the map (Bute shire 1897, Sheet CCIV SW).
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, JMH) 24 April 2009.
Antiquarian Mapping (1758 - 1759)
Antiquarian Mapping (1780 - 1782)
Reference (March 1782)
Field Visit (1991 - 1999)
Site 122 Craigberoch
This farm, in record as part of Barone farm 1750, was abandoned in 1994, and the mid 19th century courtyard buildings partially demolished in 1998. Older buildings are shown on the maps of Fowlis (1758), May (1780) and Robertson (1830). The name, meaning pointed rock, refers to a standing stone near the steading.
Proudfoot and Hannah 2000.
Measured Survey (2005)
Field Visit (24 April 2009)
Craigberoch farmsteading, which was last occupied about twenty years ago, comprises ranges on three sides of a courtyard that is open to the ENE. The SSE range contains a now roofless three-bay one-and-a-half storey farmhouse with yellow sandstone margins, which has been extended by two bays to the WSW. Attached to the WSW end of this extension is a byre. The roofless WSW range comprises a barn (with a horse-engine platform adjacent to its WSW side) and a cart-shed (opening into the yard) attached to its SSE end. The NNW range contains a byre with a bothy attached to its ENE end. A large silage pit is situated immediately SW of the buildings.
'Craigbeeroch' is depicted as two buildings and a yard on a mid-18th century estate map (Foulis 1758-59; RHP14107/23), at which time the farm extended to 174 Scots acres. The farmstead is also depicted on May's map of 1781, when there were two buildings and adjacent yards on a farm of 116 acres. The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1869, Sheet CCIV) depicts the present SSE and WSW ranges roofed. The contemporary OS Name Book (No.7, p.74) describes Craigbiroch as 'a farm house and offices, the property of the Marquis of Bute', and the occupier at that time was Duncan Currie. The present NNW range is a late-19th century addition which is shown on the 2nd edition of the map (Bute shire 1897, Sheet CCIV SW).
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, JMH) 24 April 2009.
