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MHG15095 - Farmstead - Craggan

Summary

The farmhouse survives as an intact but roofless shell 14m by 6m made of lime mortar bonded granite blocks.

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An archaeological walkover survey was undertaken by Wordsworth Archaeological Services in 1996 at Claggersnich Farm, Cromdale.

Craggan Farm buildings & enclosure. Craggan is not listed as a separate farm in the census of 1841, but the fields may have been cleared by this date.

8/1 The farmhouse survives as an intact but roofless shell 14m by 6m made of lime mortar bonded granite blocks. Some of this is dressed masonry and one block shows signs of drill holes showing this was quarried stone. This suggests a relatively recent construction, though it may be illustrated on the 1868-71 OS map. The doorway faces North West. There were fireplaces in the centre of the south, north & east walls. The walls have recently been repointed with cement mortar as the building is sometimes used to house stock. See Figs 14(i) & (ii)
8/2 A 15m square kailyard survives to the south as illustrated on the OS map.
8/3 An L-shaped building, presumably a barn or byre, lies 25m north east of the farmhouse. It has walls bonded with lime mortar 0.6m thick. The building was 14m long NW/SE and !Om long NE/SE by 5m wide. Only a fragment of the north east wall survives to any height and this has been protected from stock rubbing by the erection of a wire fence. This building was shown on the 1868-71 OS map. See Fig 15 (i)
8/4 5 oval hollows 1m long by 0.5m wide lie south east of the north east comer of the ?byre. Their function is not known. Perhaps they were potato clamps. See Fig 15 (ii)
8/5 This lime kiln is extremely well-preserved and seems to be of a more sophisticated construction than the one at Fuaranbuie. It has been filled in with rubbish presumably to prevent stock falling into the upper bowl. See Fig 13 (ii)
8/6 Centred at NJ 100 277 the field around Craggan was unenclosed in 1868-71, though there was a wall shown on the east side and the edges of the field were clearly defined. It is shown as enclosed by 1901. The stone dyke that survives on the east side, also partly survives on the north side and on the west, the latter being shown as a dotted line on the current OS map. Its south side was probably 50m inside the current fence boundary as clearance cairns extend from site 11 northwards to this line. <1><2>

NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 vertical aerial photographs. <3>

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Grid reference	Centred NJ 0997 2779 (74m by 71m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NJ02NE
Civil Parish	CROMDALE, INVERALLAN AND ADVIE
Geographical Area	BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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