Monument record MHG12718 - Royal Hunting Lodge, Grianan
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 5695 5268 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC55SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | TONGUE |
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NC55SE 4 5695 5268.
Grianan (NR) OS 6" map (1961)
'Grianan' is name given to remains of a small rectangular building which occupies the greater part of an islet in Lochan Hacoin or Hakel, and is traditionally said to have been a hunting-seat of Hacon, king of Norway (1217-63) after whom the loch is named.
The walls are 6-7ft thick and 5-6ft high, of unmortared thin flat stones, and enclose an area 19 by 22ft. There are no indications of doors, windows, floors or vaulting, nor is there any sign of the causeway which is said to have connected islet with the shore 50 yards away.
There is no evidence to suggest that the islet is artificial as is suggested by Mr Mackay (Info from Evander MacKay of Farr Schoolhouse)
F O Blundell 1913; RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909; J Horsburgh 1870
The ruins of a rectangular building inaccessible at time of visit. Visited by OS (JLD) 22 April 1977
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG1182 Text/Publication/Article: Horsburgh, J. 1870. 'Notes of cromlechs, duns, hut-circles, chambered cairns, and other remains, in the County of Sutherland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 7, 1866-8, pp 271-9. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 276.
- --- SHG2657 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Second report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Sutherland. . 184-5, No. 531.
- --- SHG829 Text/Publication/Article: Blundell, F O. 1913. 'Further notes on the artificial islands in the Highland area', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 47 1912-13, p.257-302. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 257-302. 284.
- --- SHG8557 Image/Photograph(s): Grianan, castle, general view. B/W Negative. .
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
