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31-08-2009, 03:39 AM
Keir Home Farm and Sawmill
Designed and built in 1832 this was the home farm to the Keir Estate in Perthshire. No ordinary estate with heritage and ancestry dating back over 570 years. Most of the family have been prominent for one reason or another. In recent history the estate was home to Colonel Sir David Stirling the founder of the SAS whose memorial can be found near here
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The farm and sawmill were added to the estate by David Stirling’s grandfather Sir William Stirling Maxwell and his initials are clearly visible here with the words “Gang Forward” the family motto.
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an even earlier seal that can be traced back to the Lukas de Striveling – First laird of Keir in 1448 can also be seen
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The Stirlings were famed for their horses but they also kept greyhounds and the farm has festooned on it sculptures
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The buildings themselves are List A and looking at the architecture its clear why
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Designed and built in 1832 this was the home farm to the Keir Estate in Perthshire. No ordinary estate with heritage and ancestry dating back over 570 years. Most of the family have been prominent for one reason or another. In recent history the estate was home to Colonel Sir David Stirling the founder of the SAS whose memorial can be found near here
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2560/3873040244_6d03417cd5_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3509/3873039788_dbf9d18222_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2596/3873053444_c6907bc339_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3479/3872269519_33a65df532_o.jpg
The farm and sawmill were added to the estate by David Stirling’s grandfather Sir William Stirling Maxwell and his initials are clearly visible here with the words “Gang Forward” the family motto.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2515/3873052718_dd414e30b8_o.jpg
an even earlier seal that can be traced back to the Lukas de Striveling – First laird of Keir in 1448 can also be seen
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3420/3872259091_203e812f36_o.jpg
The Stirlings were famed for their horses but they also kept greyhounds and the farm has festooned on it sculptures
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2544/3872264695_26246d394a_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2640/3873045998_326484fa42_o.jpg
The buildings themselves are List A and looking at the architecture its clear why
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2440/3873045764_8ff3c7aa7b_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2551/3873040666_3c537974ef_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2622/3873049958_4b5e0b1184_o.jpg