Building record MAB31703 - MIDDLE COUL, LINTRATHEN

Farmstead, in use, depicted on the OS historic maps.

Farmstead, in use, depicted on the OS historic maps. The 1st edition map shows a group of eight rectangular buildings, including two that are L-plan steadings, and enclosures, with a pond and sluice to the northwest. By the time of the 2nd edition map the previous southern most building no longer shown, an additional rectangular range shown adjacent to the larger L-plan steading with a well to the southeast of it, the northwestern most building has been changed to an L-plan, the pond has been enlarged and shown with two dams and the sluice. The current OS edition map shows the farmstead buildings with alterations and additions, one of the central ranges shown as a ruin, with a new agricultural building added to the southeast of it. The pond, dam and sluice are no longer shown on the map, but remains of the dam (recorded as Feature 18) and outflow remains (recorded as Feature 19) were noted during a walkover survey conducted by Alder Archaeology in October 2020, in advance of proposed woodland creation (NO25NE0079). The dam remains (NO 27421 57816) are at the corner of two field dykes (recorded as Features 17 and 20, see NO25NE0082), and consists of a sub-rectangular earth and drystone embankment up to 1.50 m tall, 3 m wide, 23.10 m east-west by 27.40 m north-south, with stones protruding especially on the west side and in the southwest corner. A central depression in the interior is most pronounced on the west side, where the embankment borders the canalised stream and an accompanying linear embankment (recorded as Feature 57, see NO25NE0082). A channel, representing the remains of an outflow, exits from the southwest corner of the dam embankment at NO 27424 57814 (shown as the sluice on the OS historic maps), and runs into a linear channel appearing as a V-shaped depression between double embankments, up to 0.60 m deep and 5 m wide (including the banks), down to NO 27448 57768. The farmstead was noted (recorded as Feature 10) during the walkover survey.

ALDER ARCHAEOLOGY, 2020, ARCHAEOLOGICAL WALKOVER SURVEY: MIDDLE COUL, LINTRATHEN, ANGUS, Walkover Survey (Bibliographic reference). SAB7939.

Record last edited

Nov 5 2021 3:59PM