A Standing Building Survey was carried out at the late 18th century Farm Steading at The Highland, Thornhill. A watching brief was carried out for a new access road and for the area the steading once occupied after it was demolished in advance of a new house build at the site. The Standing Building Survey enabled the recording of elements of the NNE, WNW, ESE Ranges and Farmhouse building within the steading at the Highland. The survey identified original 18th to early 19th-century rubble wall structural elements in both the WNW and ESE Ranges and Farmhouse, later 19th structural elements in the NNE Range and alterations in the WNW and ESE Ranges and significant 20th-century alterations and repairs were also noted throughout each range. The Watching Brief works carried out at the Highland identified a number of naturally occurring subsoil deposits which overlay natural sandstone bedrock. Also identified were deposits containing modern material which was the result of the recent demolition of the late 18th to 19th-century Highland farmstead. The only features identified were the remnants of a subsurface ceramic pipe associated with the farmstead's courtyard. No other significant archaeological features or artefacts from earlier periods were identified.