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Barraston
Date Stone (18th Century), Date Stone (17th Century), Farmstead (Post Medieval), Inn (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Barraston
Classification Date Stone (18th Century), Date Stone (17th Century), Farmstead (Post Medieval), Inn (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 45180
Site Number NS67NW 15
NGR NS 6068 7547
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45180
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish Baldernock (Strathkelvin)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Strathkelvin
- Former County Stirlingshire
Field Visit (13 August 1953)
NS 606 754. The easternmost of the farm buildings at Barraston is said locally to have once been an inn, though this need not necessarily have been its original role. The structure has, however, been gutted and converted into a piggery, so that no original features survive except a doorway in the W wall, which has been partly built up to act as a window. Internally this doorway shows rounded arrises, and externally its lintel is inscribed in relief, 1609 / A B A H. A local historian relates (1) how one Abraham Hannay obtained these lands in 1609, and gives his wife's name as Ann Blyth, transcribing the initials incorrectly as A H A B. If this had been their true order, the identification would have seemed most natural, as the husband's initials would then have been, as was usual, on the dexter side; however, the reversal may be due to a mistake by the stone-cutter.
A built-up doorway of the 18th century character in the E wall has a lintel inscribed WH 1789 LC. No doubt this also refers to a Hannay.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 13 August 1953.
(1) Cameron, 203 f.
Field Visit (16 August 1966)
NS67NW 15 6068 7547
This building, situated at NS 6068 7547, is generally as described by the RCAHMS; an extension has been built on to the former E wall which now forms a partition wall within the piggery.
Visited by OS (R D) 16 August 1966
Note (2 July 1999)
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, three roofed buildings, two of which are long buildings, and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Stirlingshire 1865, sheet xxvii). One partially roofed building, four roofed buildings and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1979).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 July 1999