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Farmstead still in use that is depicted on the 1st edition OS map as three rectangular buildings, a long range and two rectangular enclosures, one of which is tree-lined. The southernmost building had been removed by the time of the 2nd edition map, although another had been added on the south side of the eastern enclosure. The present farmstead comprises a farmhouse, L-plan steading and some smaller outbuildings. A RCAHMS field visit in 1998 also recorded traces of a circular horse-engine platform at the south west end of the L-plan steading. The steading is rubble-stone built with dressed margins and corrugated tin roof. A standing building survey was carried out in March 2019 ahead of proposed conversion. The mill building (forming the short wing of the L-plan range) does not appear on the 1st or 2nd edition maps although the junction of the two buildings appears to indicate it is earlier than the rest of the range. A watching brief was carried out during removal of the raised horse platform, which revealed the drive shaft channel and fixing for the central mechanism. The rest of the steading included a byre with hay loft above. Of the building to the southwest of the steading only the gable survives and its function is unclear: a fireplace and chimney suggest it may have been a bothy, laundry or corn drying kiln. However its orientation (east-west) and location near the stackyard enclosure may identify it as having functioned as a secret Roman Catholic meeting place reported by oral tradition to have been near the corn yard. if so, it would have reverted solely to domestic /agricultural use after the Roman Catholic chapel was built in 1808 at Corgarff. The farmhouse is a fairly typical large 19th century, now 2-storey although described as single storey in 1867.
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