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Manse and former stables. The manse is a plain two-storey, rubble-built building with slate roofs, and was built in 1802, with additions of 1839 and later. To the West of the manse is a rectangular garden area, which is wooded on the 1st edition OS map, but not on the 2nd edition OS map. It is now a clear lawn area. The former stables, to the North-East of the manse, consist of a small single-storey cottage, built of rubble with slate roofs in the early-19th century, which were altered and extended to stables in the mid-19th century. There is an inset stone with the inscription (probably a reused marriage lintel) 'GS (17) 58 MF'. The room at the south end of the stables has stone shelves and a stone alcove, with uprights between the shelves built of broken gravestone pieces. A standing building survey of the stables was carried out by Cameron Archaeology in March 2016. A watching brief was carried out by Cameron Archaeology in January 2017 during lowering of the ground levels in the former stables. Two rooms (3 and 4) had cobbled surfaces with deposits beneath but no archaeological features were identified. A gravestone fragment was found face down in the middle of Room 4, the motto reading 'What's life or health/ Any strength or bre(ath)/ All is but interest/ Of our debt to death'. Further monitoring in February 2023 during soil stripping within the demolished steading and the area to the east recorded the foundation of the steading but no other archaeological features or artefacts.
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NO56SW0019 - CARESTON