MHG18091 - Crackaig Farmstead
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Full Description
NC91SE 7.01 9570 1073
This is a multi-period complex comprising both 'E' and 'L' -planned ranges which includes a barn with a water powered threshing machine, large covered cattle courts, extensive byres, stables, a straw house with separate blacksmiths, sheep folds and worker's houses. The steading was partly in use on the date of survey, with some of the buildings in a state of good repair and some ruinous.
Visited by RCAHMS (GJD), July 1993; see NMRS MS 744/117.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG2841 Text/Publication/Volume: Sutherland Estates. 1866-. Sutherland Estates building specifications. Crackaig 1908, 1-4 (steading); 1889, 1-23 (cattle courts); 1862 1-8.
- --- SHG32 Text/Publication/Article: Wade Martins, S. 1997. ''A Century of Farms and Farming on the Sutherland Estate, 1790 - 1890'', Review of Scottish Culture, Vol 10, 1996-7, pp 33-54. p 45, 46; fig. 10.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 9570 1071 (100m by 100m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC91SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | LOTH |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB7148 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/83536 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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