Farm Buildings and Agricultural Settlement Please choose one ADMINISTRATION AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS COMMUNICATIONS CONFLICT CULTIVATION ENCLOSURES ENERGY EXTRACTION FLOODING GRAZINGS HOUSING KNOWLEDGE LEISURE MANUFACTURE PERCEPTION SETTLEMENTS TRADES Nucleation and dispersal Agricultural Economy Buildings for livestock Buildings for grain and fodder Buildings for land working Grain dryer, Stow, Selkirkshire The late 20th century brought a radically different agricultural architecture to the stone and slate of the begining of the century. New facilities were created to dry and store bulk grain from combine harvesters, involving new materials and equipment. This site is merely a larger version of provision created across Scotland. The introduction of the combine harvester, in the middle decades of the 20th century revolutionised the processing and storage of grain at the steading (farm buildings). Instead of having to store grain on the straw, thresh it and store the separated straw and grain, the grain arrived at the steading in bulk, ready threshed. The straw was either baled and stacked or, increasingly, burnt in the field. Resource pack   1     2     3