Knocklearoch Farm

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Knocklearoch Farm is a working farm on the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay . It is located about a kilometer south of Ballygrant and is one of the last buildings in Knocklearoch that is still inhabited today . The buildings can be reached via a single-lane, paved road from Ballygrant. Loch Lossit is about 800 m to the east. On August 28, 1980, Knocklearoch Farm's house and stables were added to the Scottish C-Category List of Monuments .

description

The exact construction date of Knocklearoch Farm is not recorded, so that only the earlier 19th century can be given as the construction period. Architecturally, the main building corresponds to the traditional Scottish style. The residential building is built on two floors on an L-shaped floor plan. The entrance door closes with a round arch. All facades are plastered using the traditional Harling technique. The gable roof is now covered with asbestos tiles. The stables are one-story with storage floors. They were built from quarry stone and have a slate roof.

Surroundings

Directly south of the farm there are two standing stones about 2.4 m apart . Both have triangular bases with edge lengths of 150 × 90 × 65 cm or 80 × 80 × 70 cm. Both stones are slightly inclined and would rise 1.95 m or 1.7 m high when standing upright.

A lead mine was once operated near Knochlearoch Farm . The exact location is not known. The foundation walls of the ruined miners' buildings can still be found in the vicinity of the farm.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on Knocklearoch Farm  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ↑ Entry on Knocklearoch  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ Entry on Knocklearoch  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 55 ° 48 '27 "  N , 6 ° 9' 8.3"  W.