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Lianach, Balquhidder, Perthshire J H Stewart and M B Stewart* Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 118 (1988), 301-317 A highland longhouse - Lianach, Balquhidder, Perthshire J H Stewart and M B Stewart* ABSTRACT Describes the excavation of an 18th-century longhouse with an unusually wide range of associated artefacts. INTRODUCTION The parish of Balquhidder lies in the highland area of western Perthshire. The historical centre Kirktoe isth Balquhiddef no Locf o ease d h208r5 th en (NGVoilt t 53 Rive)e a N Th .R N r Balvaig flows out of the loch below the Kirkton, into Strathyre and Loch Lubnaig, and is part of the Forth drainage system. Immediately east of its outfall from Loch Voil the Balvaig is joined by the Calair Burn fro southe mth , which drain tributare sth y valle f Glenbuckiyo 175)1 53 . N Aboue(N m k 3 t south of the confluence of the Calair Burn and the Balvaig, the former divides into two headwaters, smallee th r Immereon Burn flowing fro heae m th Glenbuckif do largee south e itselth th d ro ft an , Allt Gleann Dubh draining from the west. lane dTh embraced between thesfarmin d streamo ol etw e th g s si townshi 3 Lianacf po 53 N h(N 172). The remains extend from the 244 m contour down to the banks of the Immereon Burn at approximately 198 m. Lianach is now a deserted settlement and the lands form part of the existing far Immereof mo nease whicth t n sido Immereohs f ei o n fooBure Beinf th to t n a t-Sitheinn na . This hill consists of mica schists, and is heath-covered, with scrub woodlands at its base. It encloses Glenbuckie on the east side and divides it from Strathyre. Its craggy summit is 570 m OD. The floor of Glenbucki extensivels ei y covered with glacia lwese driftsglee th tth enclosen s ni O . limestona y db e range, the principal hill being Ben Vane which rises to 818 m. The limestone slopes and the upper plateau are covered with hill grasses, and with hay pastures at the foot, contrasting with the heaths of opposite th glen e e changsidth f Th .e o geologican ei vegetativd an l e characte markes i re th y db course of the Immereon Burn, in a small rocky gorge, punctuated by waterfalls. name Th e Lianach mean lawsa placr no grassf eo slopee Th . Lianacf so Vann hBe eHild an l accommodate extensive shielings, the ruined huts of which remain. A field survey in poor weather produced a count of 82 structures. The main group is named Garrachra, or 'Garraute' in some documents, and lies at the foot of Ben Vane about 2 km south of Lianach (NN 537153). The southern par f thio t s shieling systewithiw no ms ni recent Forestry Commission intak uppen ei r Glenbuckie. cul-de-saca w glee no s Th ni metallee th , d road fro Kirktoe mth Balquhiddef no r terminatine th t ga far Baillemorf mo norte th n he o ban Allf ko t Gleann Dubh hilA . l track continues westwardd san southward Trossache th o st s through Gleann nam Mean lowed nan r Glen Finglas, connecting with * 109a Darras Road, Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne 302 | SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, 1988 routes to Clydeside via the Lennox. There is also a track through Glenbuckie to the west side of Loch Lubnaig, connecting with Callander and Stirling, and a footpath from Immereon farmhouse across Beinn an t-Sithein to Strathyre. The isolation of Lianach is a modern phenomenon. HISTORY Documentary evidence shows that the township of Lianach was in existence in AD 1502 when it was listed in the Rentalia Domini Regis. Garrachra appears in the same list (ER, 12, 635, 678). The lands are listed as granted to William Stewart and Walter his son along with most of the lands in Balquhidder later to belong to the earldom of Atholl in the king's rentals for 1508-13 (ER, 13, 323, 637). A charter under the Great Seal of James IV dated at Edinburgh on 6 February 1509 grants the land 'Leonacf so Balquhidderf ho Waltee on o t 'r Buchquhannan fren ei e tenement Duncao t d an , n his son, for the yearly sum of 12 pounds Scots (Atholl MSS, 3/VIII/(l)). In 1531 the lands of Lianach, Garrachra Coireachrombid ,an Locn eo h 4096Lubnai4 58 )N wereg(N grante Jamey d b Georg o t sV e Hume of Lundris by a charter under the Great Seal dated at Stirling on the 22 March. The rental for Lianach was 12 pounds Scots, and eight pounds Scots for Garrachra. Lianach is given as a 'four pound land' and Garrachra as four merklands (Atholl MSS, 3/VIII/(5)). Balquhidder was part of the earldom of Strathearn which was forfeited to the Crown in the 15th and early 16th centuries, hence direce th t crown rental Lianachf so . Willia Walten m so Stewars rhi werd tan e appointed royal baillies of Balquhidder c!490 (Ardvorlich Papers I) and were the progenitors of the Stewarts of Balquhidder, Annat, Glenbuckie Ardvorlichd an , . These early charters indicat medievaee thath f o t Lianace l on township s hwa Balquhidderf so . lande Th f Garrachrso a appea havo rt e bee t witnle h Lianac joina s ha t holding continuously since 1502. It is not clear if they were always shieling lands or if they may have been classed as a farm township in the medieval period and hence given a separate rental value. topographicae Th l evidence would see msupporo t hypothesie tth s that Garrachra would always have been very marginal land, probably usefu lsummee onlth n yi r season . structuree Mosth f o t s discovered in the field are of a scale and form compatible with shielings. The connection with Coireachrombie appear s153e onlth 1n y i charte r cited above musd an , t have been peculiae th o t r tenanc Humf yo Lundrisd ean . With most of the early Balquhidder settlements, Lianach became part of the estate of Sir John Murra Tullibardinf yo chartey eb Kinf ro g Jame dateI sV Falklant da Jul0 3 yn d158o 7 (Atholl MSS, 3/VIII/(25)) 162n I . 9 John Murray, Maste Tullibardinef ro , receive formee dth r Stewart earldomf o Atholl, through his mother Lady Dorothea Stewart, heiress of the fifth earl, and the Atholl and Tullibardine estates were joined (Scots Peerage, 1,472) histore .Th Lianacf yo Glenbuckid han y ema therefore be reconstructed from sources in estate documents (Atholl MSS, estate rentals, various). What emerges is evidence of continuous occupation of the site from the Middle Ages until the end of the 19th century. On 3 November 1656 an agreement signed at Dunkeld between John, Earl of Atholl certaid friends an hi tenantd f no an s s granted merkland x wadsettsi e x th f si f sLianaco se o th d han merklands of Dalanlagan (ie modern Baillemore) to James Stewart (Atholl MSS, 29/l/(l)/175). three Th e township Dalanlaganf so , Lianac Immereod han n forme Glenbuckie core th dth f eo e Estates, and in the Duke of Atholl's hunting roll (Atholl MSS, 29/(12)/l) of 2 September 1667 the principal tenan r tacksmao t titley nam y b 'Glenbuckie' s listes b nt i a , t ebu dno possessins a , e gth whole 18 merklands of the three farms let to subtenants. From analysis of Atholl rentals for Balquhidder between 1663 and 1665, the tacksman's money rentals per merkland were for Immereon 13.33 pounds Scots Lianacr ,fo h 22.16 pound sDalanlagar Scotsfo d an , n 24.83 pounds Scots (Atholl MSS, 71/II/B4(Box73)). STEWAR STET& W ART HIGHLANA : D LONGHOUS E- LIANACH, BALQUHIDDER, PERTHSHIRE 303 Analysis of casualties charged shows that Lianach was prominent in the parish for butter, cheese, and cloth, but low in winter cattle and sheep. Eighteenth-century sources (SRO RH 428) indicate that Balquhidde productivs rwa 177 y linenf b eo 3d smalthera an , s Kirktoele wa milth t a l n for that purpose. Reference Athole th n si l manuscripts also show that woo produces lwa grea s dya cloth (Atholl MSS, Chartular Athollf yo 220-30 p Regalitf p , o t ;Ac y Court 1721) hypothesie On . s attaching to the place-name Lianach could be that the township may have had a bleaching lawn, but such would place the linen industry in the medieval period in Balquhidder. To date there is no proof 0.25 0,5 0,75 i ml; ILLUS 1 Sites at Lianach (compiled from: Stobie 1787; MacEwan 1808; OS Perthshire 6", CIV, 1863; field survey) | SOCIET 4 30 ANTIQUARIEF YO SCOTLANDF SO , 1988 for suc htheorya e significancTh . e analysith f o e thas i s t Lianac bettee th hf o remerge e on s sa townships of Balquhidder in the 17th century. rentale Th f 166so 3 also indicat tacksmae subtenanto eon tw d nan Lianachn si tacksmae on , n alone in Immereon, and two tacksmen and four subtenants in Dalanlagan. In 1706 a contract of feu between John, Duke of Atholl and John Stewart, tacksman of the 16 merklands of Glenbuckie, reveals some evidence for the form of the holdings (Atholl MSS, XII/72). The component townships givee ar Eastes na Wested ran r Dalanlagan, Easte Wested ran r Immereonf Lianacho l al d an , . These are possessed by John Stewart himself and his own subtenants, and by Walter and Donald Stewart and their subtenants, and by cottars of each.
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