Duallin
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Duallin
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 140329
Site Number NN64SE 19
NGR NN 68587 40072
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/140329
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kenmore (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN64SE 19 68587 40072
A farmstead, comprising two roofed buildings, one unroofed building and three sides of what may have been a building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1867, sheet lviii). Three unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1981).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 28 October 1997.
The ruins of this farmstead, situated in improved pasture S of Duallin farmsteading, comprise five roughly rectangular buildings and an enclosure. Four of the buildings stand to the E of an unnamed burn, while one (BL00 2022) stands on the W bank, linked to the others by a bridge.
The buildings measure internally from 4.5m to 13.4m in length and 2.3m to 3.9m in breadth, and with one exception (BL00 2022), which stands up to 2m high, their rubble walls now stand no more than 0.7m high. One building (BL00 2026) has an extension abutting its SW end, completing a range about 21m in length, while another (BL00 2024) has an outshot, possibly a cart shed, at its NE end. Both of these buildings have been divided into three compartments; otherwise, the only internal feature noted was a possible byre drain in the SE end of the building on the W bank of the burn (BL00 2022). The enclosure is attached to the long range (BL00 2026); its SW side is missing, but it has measured approximately 25m by at least 20m.
There is some evidence of earlier structures amongst these buildings; a revetted platform at the centre of the farmstead, measuring 12m by 7.7m, may be a second enclosure or the stance of another building, while another platform extends for 11m beyond the NE end of building BL00 2024, suggesting that this building was once considerably longer than at present.
A township of eight buildings and two enclosures is depicted here on John Farquharson's 1769 Survey of the North Side of Loch Tay (National Archives of Scotland, RHP 973/1, Plan 14). It is one of two settlements depicted by Farquharson on the farm of Duallan (see also __). Two of the buildings described above (BL00 2024 and 2026) may stand on the sites of two of those shown in 1769, while the revetted platform at the centre of the farmstead may be the site of a third. The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1867, sheet lviii) shows four buildings - two roofed (BL00 2022 and 2026) and two unroofed (BL00 2023-4) - as well as the enclosure attached to building BL00 2026. The site is not named on that map, and it had been abandoned by the date of the 2nd edition (Perthshire 1900, sheet lviii SE), which shows three unroofed buildings and the enclosure.
(BL00 2022-6, 2662)
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 23 October 2001
Field Walking (12 June 2019)
GUARD Archaeology Limited undertook an archaeological desk-based assessment and walkover survey, conducted on 12th June 2019, of an area proposed for woodland creation at Duallin Farm in Perth and Kinross. The aims of the study were to assess evidence for the past human use of the area, its archaeological sensitivity, and the potential impact of any development upon the archaeological resource.
The cultural heritage assessment has found that the Site sits within an archaeological landscape that has been used for settlement and ritual purposes since prehistoric times. Within the Site itself are six cup marked or cup and ring marked stones. A further nine cup marked or cup and ring marked stones, one prehistoric hut circle (CHS 56) and a nationally significant stone circle are located within the 1 km buffer.
There are 16 post-medieval sites of local or lesser cultural heritage significance within the area proposed for woodland creation. These consist of agricultural remains, townships, small-scale industrial features, individual structures a trackway and a wall.
Cartographic evidence and aerial and satellite imagery indicate that the Site has been agricultural land and upland rough grazing since at least the mid eighteenth century. Given that prehistoric remains are known within the Site, there is good potential for the survival of hitherto unrecorded sub-surface archaeological remains within the area proposed for woodland creation. Consequently, Perth and Kinross Council may require the implementation of a programme of archaeological evaluation works to establish the presence or absence in those areas of the Site that will be subject to ground-breaking work.
A brief assessment of potential indirect effects upon the designated cultural heritage sites located within the 1 km buffer found that there would be no significant indirect effect upon the settings of Old Lawers Village, Settlement and Burial Ground Scheduled Monument, Lawers Toll House (CHS 31), Lawers Bridge (CHS 32), Lawers Smithy, Lawers Mill, or Lawers Burn, Peat Stores, Huts and Trackways, and Cup-marked Stones Scheduled Monument.
Information from: Karolina Saxerbo Sjoberg (Guard Archaeology) 14th June 2019
OASIS ID: guardarc1-355540
