Building record MAB5311 - DELAVINE

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

Farmstead, still in use, depicted on historic OS maps. It is shown on the 1st edition OS map as six rectangular buildings with two associated enclosures, and a limekiln to the east. On the 2nd edition OS map three of the buildings have been removed, another building added to the west and a well added to the south. Current maps show one roofless building, but the others have since been replaced by later farmstead buildings. A field survey by RCAHMS in 1998 recorded that the remains of most of the earlier buildings could be identified as grass-grown stone wall-footings. The survey also noted a lintelled subterranean passage, possibly a potato store, 2.1 m long, 0.6 m wide and 0.7 m deep, above which had stood a structure 4.3 m square over stone wall-footings. The limekiln was recorded as being in a poor condition. A site visit 2003 as part of a survey of limekilns of upper Donside noted that the kiln bowl measured circa 4.5 m in external dimeter, and circa 3 m internal diameter. The low draw-hole remains, with two lintels intact. The upper stonework of the kiln has been removed to circa 0.5 m above ground level.

CRUICKSHANK, K, 2004, THE LIMEKILNS OF UPPER DONSIDE: A FORGOTTEN HERITAGE, 58 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5358.

Record last edited

Feb 6 2023 12:00PM