Description

The monument is a pre-improvement farmstead comprising two rectangular buildings, a kiln, and associated field system. The buildings are parallel to each other, separated by a gap of about 3m. The W building has four compartments and measures 19m N-S by 6m transversely. At the N end is an outshot narrower than the building and 6m long. The E building is about 1m shorter than the W and contains three main compartments.

An entrance hall and cupboard separate the southern and middle compartments. At the N end is an outshot 13m long. To the S and E of the E building is a large sub- rectangular enclosure. This is mirrored by a similar, but larger, enclosure to the S and W of the W building. 40m NE of the two buildings is a large kiln. Around the farmstead and kiln are fields, bounded by walls surviving as rubble banks, containing traces of rig- and-furrow cultivation.

The area to be scheduled includes the rectangular buildings, the kiln, and an area around them within which traces of activity associated with their use may be found. It measures a maximum of 210m WNW-ESE by 180m transversely, as marked in red on the attached map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as a well-preserved example of a pre-improvement farmstead which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of medieval and later settlement and agriculture in the area.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Sources

Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as NX 17 SE 12.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland