Description

The monument was designated as the remains of a house converted into a sheepfold in the late 19th century. The structure measures around 24m east-west by around 10m at its largest. The oldest part of the structure appears to be the croft house, comprising the easternmost section around 19m by 5m, and consisting of mortared walls up to 3m in height and with three surviving half cruck sockets for supporting a roof. A later 5m extension was added to the western end of the croft house structure with a fireplace in the gable, with the final phase of construction appearing to be the addition of the semi-circular sheepfold, around 10m in diameter, in the southwestern corner of the structure.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The site does not meet the criterion of national importance for the following reasons: 

a. The site does not significantly contribute to our understanding or appreciation of the past, nor does it appear to have the potential to do so. The house is a common site type with and interesting development but as a single house, it lacks over all complexity that would significantly contribute to our understanding of rural settlement in post medieval Scotland. It also lacks significant time depth with the building likely to have its origins in the late 18th century/ early 19th century with changes in the later 19th century. 

b. Although the site does retain structural remains in the form of upstanding fabric, the extent of the remains does not appear to make a significant contribution to our understanding or appreciation of the past. The building has a development history of house with half crucks, later extension and then conversion to sheepfold. These later changes have impacted our understanding of the earlier phase of construction. 

c. The site is not a rare site type nor a rare example of that site type within Scotland. 

d. It does not appear to be a notably representative example of its site type within Scotland.

e. It does not appear to hold significant research potential.

f.  It does not appear to make a significant contribution to either the modern or historic landscape of the area.

g. It has no known associations with significant historic figures or events.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Sources

Bibliography

Historic Environment Scotland http://www.canmore.org.uk reference number CANMORE ID 5472 (accessed on 21/11/2024).

Burnett, Gregory & Scott, William, Map of the county of Sutherland made on the basis of the trigonometrical survey of Scotland in the years 1831, 1832. 1833 – two-and-a-half miles to the inch.

Local Authority HER/SMR Reference MHG12739 (accessed on 19/09/2024).

Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6-inch map, Sutherland, Sheet XCV, 1879.

Ordnance Survey 2nd Edition 6-inch map, Sutherland, Sheet XCV, 1908.

Stell, G, 'Crucks in Scotland: a provisional list' (1981), https://her.highland.gov.uk/Source/SHG3133 (accessed on 21/11/2024).

Canmore

https://canmore.org.uk/site/5472/

Source: Historic Environment Scotland