I have been taking my daily exercise by cycling around the Carse of Lecropt. In doing so I noticed a track to a copse of trees. This was once the track to the farm of Moss.
Pastmap confirms that “nothing now appears to remain of Moss Farm. Presumably it was demolished, along with Cottonhaugh as a result of the building of the M9 Stirling Bypass”.
Moss farm sat not far from the confluence of the River Forth and River Teith, yet so little of it’s history has flowed into the archives. All that I have been able to establish is that it was tenanted by the Glass family for over 40 years:
When exploring the copse of trees, where the farmhouse and ancillary buildings once stood, I came across a number of clay pipes emerging from the woodland floor. These auld field drains were heavily covered in moss:
Moss Farm, Carse of Lecropt [was cleared to make way for the M9]:
To play a short film on Moss Farm please click here or on the image above
I recalled that I had read that the Carse soil had required extensive draining in the 18th century:
Not so long ago I made this film about Lord Kames after visiting his memorial at Blair Drummond:
To play this short film please click here or on the image above
Our home, Mossgrove was originally called Moss cottage. We have often joked that it was appropriately named because our garden is very good at growing moss! Indeed, in a way, it could be considered as a “moss farm”.
According to Macdonald’s Scottish directory and gazetteer it was owned (or farmed) by Allan Marshall between 1906 and 1910. Possibly by McGregors before that:
Ann Agnes Reddy McGregor married Frank York on 27 Oct 1904 in Moss Farm, Lecropt, Perthshire.
Information from the certificate: Frank York, farmer, bachelor, age 28, residence parish of Claverley, England, father Benjamin York farmer, mother Parthenia Elizabeth York maiden surname York;
Ann A R McGregor, farmer’s daughter, spinster, 24, Moss Farm Lecropt, father Thomas McGregor, farmer (deceased), mother Euphemia Ann McGregor maiden surname Watson;
They were married after banns according to the forms of the Church of Scotland and the witnesses were Harry A York and Lizzie Nicoll.
Dear Stravaiging,
Thank you for sharing these findings.
Stravaiging, I keep finding mysel’ lost in the wonderful world that you share. It is braw.
aye Peter
peter@holeousia.com
Thanks, Peter. I only came across your site recently while writing about Tullibody House but am enjoying it so far. Cheers, Andy.