Monument record MHG51501 - Site of former crofthouse at 14 Mellon Charles

Summary

The site of two buildings recorded on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map c.1875, of which there is now no trace.

Location

Grid reference Centred NG 85262 91393 (32m by 15m) (Approximate)
Map sheet NG89SE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish GAIRLOCH
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Full Description

A walkover survey in October 2007 visited the site of two roofed buildings which are recorded at this location on the 1st edition OS map. There is now no trace of the buildings. It is most likely that these were robbed down to their foundations to provide building stone for the two adjacent croft houses, both of which post-date the 1904 2nd edition OS. The crofter to the west, father of the present resident, is known to have built that house and it is likely that he also built the house to the east and tidied the field clearance stones into the revetted piles and banks (sites 13 and 15) <1>

It seems likely that the larger of the two buildings was the original crofthouse built when the holdings were laid out in the 1840s. <2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Dagg, C and Wood, J. 11/2007. Desk-Based Assessment and Walk-over survey: Aultbea to Mellon Charles Water Main Renewal. Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. 20/11/2007. Digital. Site 15.
  • <2> Verbal Communication: Tilbury, S. Comment by Sylvina Tilbury, HER Officer.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Dec 17 2008 1:31PM

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