|
West Lothian Archaeology Group
The Hall of Dowager Lady Torphichen
Netherton Farm Woodland
North Lanarkshire
(~1.5 miles directly south of
site 2)
Situated north of Netherton Farm (Nether Town of Blairmuckhill) on the
trackway leading to Southrigg Farm
Back to
Archaeology Index
e-mail Rosie
|
 |
|
The County of Lanark
from actual survey by William Forrest
1816 (cf Forrest
1818)
James Sandilands, 9th Lord
Torphichen died in 1815 leaving his wife Anne, daughter of Sir John Inglis
(4th Bart of
Cramond), as the Dowager Lady Torphichen of Cramond and
Harthill. |
Aerial photo
First visit 6th October 2008
Looking ~ north east towards the site
The site from above. Poor lighting -
overcast and raining (^ North)
Power sled 36 kite / Fuji F100fd,
29mm equiv., ISO 400, Sports setting giving f3.3, 1/320sec.
We will return when winter has cut back the
ground cover
|
l |
 |
|
Looking east from the site towards
Southrigg Farm |
Looking west from the site |
Second visit 18th March 2009
|
 |
| Ground cover still
obscuring detail
Larger version The three white dots
to the right of John are 2.5 metres apart
Power sled 24 kite / Pentax Optio W60,
28mm equiv., ISO 400, Sports setting, giving f4.2 at 1/1250th sec. |
| We would like to thank David Reade of
Southrigg Farm for showing us the ornate skewput that was found in his
dairy wall. This resulted in our looking for a possible site from which the skewput could have been taken, the above Old Hall being a possible
contender. Furthermore, we would like to acknowledge the help and
enthusiasm of Allan Mackenzie of The Local Studies Discovery Room at
Airdrie Library in Wellwynd. Alan pointed out the association of the Hall
with Dowager Lady Torphichen. |
Skewput - now a gate post (More
photos)
|
