Monument record MHG52691 - Building 1, Brickigoe Croft
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred ND 30140 44722 (25m by 9m) (Centred) |
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Map sheet | ND34SW |
Civil Parish | WICK |
Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
This building was recorded by RCAHMS in 2004 as part of a survey of the Yarrows area. The building measured 25m by 5m with walls standing up to 1.4m in height. Three interconnected compartments were noted, the largest of which was a byre at the eastern end in which a single flagstone stall divider was visible. Three cruck-slots were noted in the NNE wall, and an ambry was present in the wall of the western compartment. <1>
The building was fully recorded, planned and photographed in May 2009 as a condition of planning consent for a new house. Two trial trenches were also excavated across the north and south walls.
The building was tentatively interpreted as a unitary build overlying an earlier drain or wall footing. There was no visible evidence for built fireplaces in the gable walls, suggesting a late 18th or early 19th-century date. The west end of the building went out of use as a dwelling probably at the same time as Building 3 was constructed and occupied. The east end of this building probably continued in use as a byre throughout the occupation of the site. The abandoned dwelling appears to have suffered a partial collapse of the south wall some time after 1871. This may have been followed by rough re-flooring and rebuild and may have been brought back into use as a workshop or animal shelter.
It is believed that the north wall of the building is to be reduced to a height of 0.5m and the building interior soil-filled to protect the underlying archaeology. <2>
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG23993 Image/Photograph(s): Puls, A. Site Visit Photographs. Colour. . Digital. 04/12/2007.
- <1> SHG23282 Interactive Resource/Online Database: RCAHMS. Canmore, online database of the Royal Commission for the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). 89866.
- <2> SHG24420 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Humphreys, P and Wood, J. 06/2009. Brickigoe Croft, Thrumster: Building Recording, Trial Trenching Evaluation. Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. Digital.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Event - Survey: RCAHMS Yarrows Survey: checking of sites (Ref:Yarrows04) (EHG3483)
- Event - Survey: RCAHMS Yarrows Survey: detailed landscape mapping (Ref:Yarrows04) (EHG3046)
- Event - Survey: RCAHMS Yarrows Survey: mapping of structures (Ref:Yarrows04) (EHG3481)
- Event - Mixed: Trial trenching and building recording at Brickigoe Croft, Thrumster (Ref:THC09) (EHG3045)
Record last edited
Aug 11 2009 11:28AM