The deserted settlement at Lix, West Perthshire

Abstract

[NN 5629]. Lix is typical of the late 18th and early 19th century settlement pattern in the SE Highlands, consisting of scattered clusters, or clachans, of up to eight rectangular buildings. Using documentary evidence, field survey and excavation, the morphological arrangement of the settlement was established in some detail, showing that two successive transformations had taken place. Three group-tenancy farms evolved from the old clachans soon after 1780; at Middle and West Lix, further amalgamation and depopulation took place in the mid-19th century, but at East Lix the joint-tenancy farm was replaced by small-holdings before the process of consolidation began about 1830. Excavation of a typical byre-dwelling provided detailed information about interiors in the early 19th century. A R