Achadh An Droighinn
Auchindrain
Key to Buildings
ACHDN.A
Byre House
Eddie's House
ACHDN.B
Barn
Eddie's Barn
ACHDN.C
Ruined House
Building C
ACHDN.D
Byre House
Martin's House
ACHDN.E
Stable
The Stable
ACHDN.F
Cartshed
Building F
ACHDN.G
Reconstructed Cottar's House Building G
ACHDN.H
Byre House
Stoner's House
ACHDN.J
Barn
Stoner's Barn
ACHDN.K
Byre and Store, on site of corn kiln
The Bull House
ACHDN.L
Ruined House
Taigh MhicCòiseim
ACHDN.M
House
Bell Pol's House
ACHDN.N
Barn
Martin's Barn
ACHDN.O
House and Byre
Building O
ACHDN.P
Store
Building P
ACHDN.Q
Cartshed
Building Q
ACHDN.R
House
Building R
ACHDN.S
Ruined Byre House Building S
ACHDN.T
Ruin
Building T
ACHDN.U
Ruin
Building U
ACHDN.W
Byre House and Ruin Building W
ACHDN.Y
Barn
Building Y
ACHDN.Z
Timber House
The New House
Site A A
Site of 19th century building and
enclosure
Site C C
Site of 18th century building
Site D D
Site of 18th century building
Site V V
Site of 19th century building
Site X X
Site of 19th century building
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Numbers & Names
Our buildings are all considered to be
accessioned museum objects and as such they
constitute the "Recognised Collection". The
convention with this is that a building must be
visible above the ground: buried archaeology
cannot for these purposes be counted. We now
know of the presence of five sites of buildings,
where nothing is visible except humps and
bumps in the landscape, which are individually
identified. To differentiate these clearly from
accessioned buildings which all have accession
numbers consisting of the international code for
Auchindrain (ACHDN) plus a single letter of the
alphabet, these have been allocated double-letter
codes: a double-letter code will NOT be prefixed
with ACHDN, because it does not refer to an
accessioned item.
The named buildings are as they were known by
the Township’s inhabitants. eg. Eddies house
(Eddie MacCallum), Martin’s House (Martin
Munro)
As our research continues we hope to discover
from historical records, the names by which other
buildings were known, but until then they will only
be known by their letters A, B, C, etc.
mouse-over the buildings for more details
ACHDN M - House - Bell Pol’s House
Although Isabella McCallum died in 1915, over forty years later in the
late 1950s this was still known as Bell Pol's House
The Rafters
Thatched Roof
ACHDN L - Ruined House - Taigh MhicCòiseim
In the North group of buildings in
the Township, this building is a
Ruined House.
This ruin to the east of the Bull
House, is "Taigh MhicCoiseim", the
McCosham House. Research
shows that the site did have people
with this surname,
ACHDN K - Byre and Store, on site of corn kiln - The Bull House
In the North group of buildings in the Township, this
building was a Barn and a store.
By the late 1950s, it appears that the building on the
site of the abandoned corn kiln, was being used to
house calves that were not tied up, and was known as
"The Loose Box".
The building was at one time where the bull was kept
along with being a store for sheared fleeces.
ACHDN J - Barn - Stoner’s Barn
In the North group of buildings in the Township, this
building was a Barn.
This was Stoner’s Barn, named after Duncan "Stoner"
Munro who was the last head of the household to use
the barn.
ACHDN H - Byre House
Stoner’s House
In the North end of the Township,
this longhouse was occupied by
Duncan "Stoner" Munro.
As with all the longhouses, the
family lived at one end of the
building and their animals stayed
at the other end
Exterior
Kitchen
Parlour
The Byre
ACHDN G - Reconstructed Cottar's House - Building G
In the North end of the Township, this cotter’s house was reconstructed from its remains.
Exterior
Interior
The cobbled floor
The cruck
ACHDN F - Cartshed - Building F
Part of the North end of the Township, this
building was the used a a cartshed.
ACHDN E - Stable - The Stable
Also in the North
group of buildings in
the Township, this
building was the
stable.
Now used as a hen
house, this was
where Eddie
MacCallum latterly
kept his bull, and the
building was called
"The Bull Pen"
Exterior View
Exterior Views
The Byre - inside the house
Half Loft
ACHDN D - Byre House - Martin’s House
This was Martin Munro’s Longhouse, It was occupied by his family at one end of the building and by his
animals at the other.
This Longhouse was part of the North group of houses in the Township and was in a distinct area of the
site along with a number of other buildings.
ACHDN C - Ruined House - Building C
This is a ruin
ACHDN B - Barn - Eddie’s Barn
Exterior View
Inside the Barn
This was Eddie
MacCallum’s Barn,
Situated next to Eddie’s
Longhouse in the North
group of Buildings.
ACHDN A - Byre House - Eddie’s House
Exterior View
The Byre - inside the house
The Parlour
The Kitchen
This was Eddie
MacCallum’s Longhouse,
It was occupied by his
family at one end of the
building and by his
animals at the other.
This Longhouse was part
of the North group of
houses in the Township
and was in a distinct area
of the site along with a
number of other buildings.
