Monument record MHG4508 - Gaick Lodge
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NN 7590 8464 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NN78SE |
| Operational Area | INVERNESS NAIRN BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY |
| Civil Parish | KINGUSSIE AND INSH |
| Geographical Area | BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY |
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Full Description
NN78SE 1 7590 8464.
(NN 7590 8464) Site of Gaick Lodge - Destroyed by an avalanche in 1800 when a hunting party was killed.
Name Book 1870.
A memorial to Captain John MacPherson of Ballachroan and the other four men who lost their lives in the avalanche stands near the site.
An enclosure immediately adjacent to the south of the site (see MHG55839) may have been associated.
The lodge was rebuilt to the northwest (see MHG55837).
Name Book (County), Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 54, 185 (Text/Publication/Volume). SHG3387.
Gaick Estate, 1996, Gaick Estate, Kingussie, Inverness-shire: [sale particulars] (Text/Publication/Leaflet). SHG2240.
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- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 23 2013 9:42AM
