Cruck-Framed Barn, Achmore Farm is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982.
Cruck-Framed Barn, Achmore Farm
- WRENN ID
- gentle-basalt-jay
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 September 1982
- OS grid reference
- NG 857 336
- Coordinates
- 57.34249, -5.56223
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is an early 19th century barn, likely used for hay storage, threshing, and winnowing, typical of the Lochalsh/Kintail region. The barn has long east and west facing elevations. It is constructed of coursed rubble with square corners, and has a later wooden shingle roof and upper gable ends. There are long vents with louvred openings along the sides and gable ends. The roof structure features 11 timber trusses, all collared and pegged. Two pairs of trusses, positioned above the side vents, have scarfed cruck timbers with joints at the wallhead height. Each joint is secured with three wooden nails and one iron bolt, and a small wooden spur is present on each cruck. A winnowing doorway is located at the barn's centre, with a vent positioned above it. Further information can be found in I F Grant’s HIGHLAND FOLK WAYS (1961), page 113.
Local climate
Cruck-Framed Barn, Achmore Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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