Building record MHG15829 - Mid-C19 Lock Keeper's Cottage - Caledonian Canal, Dochgarroch

Summary

The mid-C19 lock keeper's cottage at the Dochgarroch locks on the Caledonian Canal. It was listed with the adjacent barn in 1986.

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6183 4043 (16m by 13m)
Map sheet NH64SW
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area INVERNESS
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The mid-C19 lock keeper's cottage at the Dochgarroch locks on the Caledonian Canal. It was listed at Category C with the adjacent barn in 1986.

This house was built for the lock-keeper in 1850. <1>

The lock-keeper's house was probably the building close to the lock on the NW side of the canal and visible on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1876, sheet xi), on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1906, sheet xi), on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973) and on the OS Basic Scale raster map (ND).
Information from RCAHMS (MD) 27 September 2001.

The statutory address and listed building record were updated by Historic Scotland in 2014 as part of the Scottish Canals estate review (2013-14). <2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Text/Publication/Monograph: Lindsay, J.. 1968. The Canals of Scotland. . p.170.
  • <2> Text/Designation Notification/List of Buildings: Dixon, C.. 2014. Combined Statutory and Descriptive List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Highland Council, One Hundred and Sixty Second Amendment) 2014. Historic Scotland. 23/06/2014. Digital.

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Record last edited

Sep 23 2016 9:45AM

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