Monument record MHG21641 - First Coast

Thumbnail Photo of buildings at township
Wester Ross Project - Cathy Dagg, 03/04

Alternative Gaelic names: Bad an t’Sluig (Dixon) or an t-Eirthire shios (Watson).

Together with Second Coast, a rare example of a township not improved by establishing houses on their crofts but retaining a nucleus of settlement, a cluster of buildings on both sides of the road as recorded on the 1st edition OS map. The only surviving 19th century building is a house standing apart at the west boundary of the township, while a modern bungalow occupies the core settlement area south of the road. Footings of structures on this side are obscured by vegetation but probably survive. North of the road a small group of structures is still standing, although altered to other uses, and other footings can be seen. The arable land associated with the township is a small area extending south and west.
Wester Ross Project - Cathy Dagg, 23/3/04
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NG99SW 9 centred on 922 909

A crofting township comprising twenty-one roofed, two partially roofed and three unroofed buildings, their associated enclosures and field walls and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire and Cromartyshire 1881, sheet xx). Five roofed, one partially roofed and eleven unroofed buildings, their associated enclosures and field walls and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1969).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 13 February 1996