Monument record MHG34449 - BARRE

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User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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NN 121 828 Barre forms a fairly extensive but widely scattered settlement on the south-eastern side of the Allt Coire an Lightuinn. Three small enclosures have been located, each with an associated barn or house, and an additional seven buildings varying in size from 6.0m by 3.0m to 13.7m by 5.0m. A small knoll has been scooped out on top to form a hollow 9m by 6m by 1m deep. At the N end is a well-preserved corn kiln with a second bowl-like feature also within the hollow. Another corn kiln occurs close to the burn. On the slopes of Tom a' Bharrach are prominent areas of runrig and some clearly defined cultivation terraces.
Barre was burnt by the Hanoverian troops in 1746, when it was occupied by at least six families. The Forfeited Estate Papers of c1775 record that 'there were a few houses built with stone, but the major part are of turf wattled with timber'.
J E Kirby 1995