Modern corn drying kiln.


A corn-drying kiln was discovered during ploughing on Croit e Caley farm, Colby in 1968. An emergency excavation revealed a substantial though much ruined structure. Clear traces of burning, with large quantities of charcoal, were found, together with a well-preserved 'drying-pot' built of cobbles, and a millstone. Paving and a possible flue were also identified.


No dating evidence was found, but its excavator AM Cubbon and BRS Megaw (1969) consider a 17th-18th century date is likely.