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Mains Of Assynt, Steading
Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Threshing Machine (Post Medieval)
Site Name Mains Of Assynt, Steading
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Threshing Machine (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 81158
Site Number NH56NE 22.02
NGR NH 5903 6705
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/81158
- Council Highland
- Parish Alness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH56NE 22 5903 6705
This is a double storey 'U' plan steading. The upper floor, apart from the threshing barn and hay loft over the stable, is a granary. The vents from the byre stalls are ducted using wooden panels which open into the roof space. The farm took its present form in the mid 1960s. It has been used to over-winter cattle for the past 30 years or so. The grain bruiser is powered using a tractor and a flat belt.
The threshing machine (made by Morton & Errol, Perthshire) was a water-powered, low speed, peg-drum type roller feed. (Details shown on MS/744/31/2).
A small grain dresser is still in use for cleaning the grain stored in the granary, made by 'Shearer Bros., Turriff, NB'. Originally hand-powered, it has been converted to electric power using a small domestic appliance electric motor and 'N' belt drive. The driver pulley, fixed to the fanner shaft, is a push-bike wheel (see MS/744/31/1-2 for details).
Visited by RCAHMS (GJD) 23 May 1994.
