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Compston
Building (16th Century), Farmstead (18th Century), Lairds House (18th Century)
Site Name Compston
Classification Building (16th Century), Farmstead (18th Century), Lairds House (18th Century)
Canmore ID 47800
Site Number NS97NE 22
NGR NS 95740 75914
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47800
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Muiravonside
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
Field Visit (August 1977)
Compston NS 957 759 NS97NE
A small laird’s house of mid-18th century date, now derelict. Fragments of 16th century mouldings incorporated into adjacent farm buildings indicate the former existence of an earlier building on the site; there are fragmentary remains of a dovecote some 50m NW of the house.
RCAHMS 1978, visited August 1977
(RCAHMS 1963, pp. 354, 397, Nos. 317 and 395)
