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Cattle Courts, Farm Steading, Markle Mains

A Category B Listed Building in Dunbar and East Linton, East Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9876 / 55°59'15"N

Longitude: -2.7019 / 2°42'6"W

OS Eastings: 356308

OS Northings: 677400

OS Grid: NT563774

Mapcode National: GBR 2V.VYR7

Mapcode Global: WH7TS.GRMQ

Plus Code: 9C7VX7QX+26

Entry Name: Cattle Courts, Farm Steading, Markle Mains

Listing Name: Markle Mains Farm Steading

Listing Date: 5 February 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 347851

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14498

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200347851

Location: Prestonkirk

County: East Lothian

Electoral Ward: Dunbar and East Linton

Parish: Prestonkirk

Traditional County: East Lothian

Tagged with: Farmstead

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Description

Earlier-mid 19th century improvement steading, with few
later alterations. 2 E-plan courts to steading; long
range to NW, cattle court jambs SE, with threshing mill
abutting to SW. Additional U-plan cattle court to SW.
Random whinstone rubble; broad droving to sandstone
dressings, crowstepped gables. All pantiled.
Cartshed with loft opposite farmhouse; cart openings much
altered. Stone forestair at centre to loft door,
breaking eaves in piended slated roof; windows to loft
flanking. 2 cattle courts forming E-plan, extensively
modernised and re-roofed. Former horsemill abutting to
W, filled in later with stack projecting to S; base
remains.
Circa 1873 piend-roofed E-plan cattle courts to W with
unusual cantilevered roof; feed openings to courts.
Gatepiers removed for vehicular access. Piend-roofed
cartshed with 2 iron pillars to S of similar date.

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