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Farmstead (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Shinness Steading

Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) No. 5 West Shinness Steading; West Shinness

Canmore ID 89711

Site Number NC51SW 20

NGR NC 53229 14881

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Annotated sketch general view from NW and W elevation
See MS/744/102/1, 7

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Annotated sketch general view from NW and W elevation See MS/744/102/1, 7

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Scottish Farm Buildings Survey

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General view from SE, showing covered cattle shed (NC 5324 1487) and byre (NC 5323 1487)
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 11
Digital image of C 61096

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General view from SE, showing covered cattle shed (NC 5324 1487) and byre (NC 5323 1487) See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 11 Digital image of C 61096

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Scottish Farm Buildings Survey

17/8/1995

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View inside granary from E, above cart shed (NC 5324 1491)
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 7
Digital image of C 61101

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View inside granary from E, above cart shed (NC 5324 1491) See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 7 Digital image of C 61101

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Scottish Farm Buildings Survey

17/8/1995

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View of straw barn (NC 5322 1489) from SE, with threshing barn behind
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 5
Digital image of C 61106

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View of straw barn (NC 5322 1489) from SE, with threshing barn behind See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 5 Digital image of C 61106

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Scottish Farm Buildings Survey

17/8/1995

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View from NW of steading and new tractor shed (NC 5322 1490)
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, items 8, 10, 17

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View from NW of steading and new tractor shed (NC 5322 1490) See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, items 8, 10, 17

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Scottish Farm Buildings Survey

17/8/1995

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View showing former silage pit (NC 5324 1490) from NW
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 2
Digital image of C 61100

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View showing former silage pit (NC 5324 1490) from NW See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 2 Digital image of C 61100

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Scottish Farm Buildings Survey

17/8/1995

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View in turnip house (NC 5324 1489) from S
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 4
Digital image of C 61105

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View in turnip house (NC 5324 1489) from S See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 4 Digital image of C 61105

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Scottish Farm Buildings Survey

17/8/1995

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Annotated sketch general view from SW
See MS/744/102/1, 7

SC 370742

Annotated sketch general view from SW See MS/744/102/1, 7

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Scottish Farm Buildings Survey

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View from NE, with sliding door to turnip house (NC 5324 1489)
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 4
Digital image of C 61097

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View from NE, with sliding door to turnip house (NC 5324 1489) See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 4 Digital image of C 61097

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Scottish Farm Buildings Survey

17/8/1995

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Detail of grain-dressing machine
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 5
Digital image of C 61103

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Detail of grain-dressing machine See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 5 Digital image of C 61103

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Scottish Farm Buildings Survey

17/8/1995

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View from SSW of steading, with stable and loft (NC 5321 1488) in foreground
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 10

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View from SSW of steading, with stable and loft (NC 5321 1488) in foreground See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 10

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Scottish Farm Buildings Survey

17/8/1995

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Annotated site plan
See MS/744/102/1, 7, 3

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Annotated site plan See MS/744/102/1, 7, 3

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Scottish Farm Buildings Survey

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Detail of drive engine and cooling-water tank used to power fixed barn threshing machine
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 5
Digital image of C 61104

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Detail of drive engine and cooling-water tank used to power fixed barn threshing machine See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 5 Digital image of C 61104

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Scottish Farm Buildings Survey

17/8/1995

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General view of steading (NC 5323 1488) from SW
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3
Digital image of C 61095

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General view of steading (NC 5323 1488) from SW See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3 Digital image of C 61095

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Scottish Farm Buildings Survey

17/8/1995

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View of cattle court (NC 5324 1487) from S, with stable behind wooden wall
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 11
Digital image of C 61102

SC 738265

View of cattle court (NC 5324 1487) from S, with stable behind wooden wall See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 11 Digital image of C 61102

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Scottish Farm Buildings Survey

17/8/1995

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Annotated sketch general view from NW and W elevation
See MS/744/102/1, 7

General view from SE, showing covered cattle shed (NC 5324 1487) and byre (NC 5323 1487)
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 11
Digital image of C 61096

View inside granary from E, above cart shed (NC 5324 1491)
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 7
Digital image of C 61101

View of straw barn (NC 5322 1489) from SE, with threshing barn behind
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 5
Digital image of C 61106

View from NW of steading and new tractor shed (NC 5322 1490)
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, items 8, 10, 17

View showing former silage pit (NC 5324 1490) from NW
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 2
Digital image of C 61100

View in turnip house (NC 5324 1489) from S
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 4
Digital image of C 61105

Annotated sketch general view from SW
See MS/744/102/1, 7

View from NE, with sliding door to turnip house (NC 5324 1489)
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 4
Digital image of C 61097

Detail of grain-dressing machine
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 5
Digital image of C 61103

View from SSW of steading, with stable and loft (NC 5321 1488) in foreground
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 10

Annotated site plan
See MS/744/102/1, 7, 3

Detail of drive engine and cooling-water tank used to power fixed barn threshing machine
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 5
Digital image of C 61104

General view of steading (NC 5323 1488) from SW
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3
Digital image of C 61095

View of cattle court (NC 5324 1487) from S, with stable behind wooden wall
See MS/744/102/1, 2, 3, item 11
Digital image of C 61102

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Council Highland
Parish Lairg
Former Region Highland
Former District Sutherland
Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NC51SW 20.00 53229 14881

NC51SW 20.01 NC 5323 1488 Plough tine (cultivation object)

This is an L-shaped plan farmstead with a covered cattle court and byres, stables and a turnip house. A projection to the N contains a water-powered threshing barn (still housing a threshing machine and its drive motor), a sheaf loft and a silage pit. A modern tractor/implement shed has been built onto this. Constructed in 1882, the farmstead was designed so that all elements of the complex could be reached under cover. The buildings were in good repair and still in agricultural use on the date of survey.

Visited by RCAHMS (GJD), July 1994, April/ May 1995.

NMRS, MS/744/102.

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