Monument record MHG5159 - Kilbride settlement
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 5929 2000 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG52SE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | STRATH |
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Full Description
NG52SE 6 593 200.
Kilbride was cleared, 58 years ago (c.1824) to make room for the late Rev. John MacKinnon, Parish Minister of Strath. There were 8 lots there, but more families.
A Mackenzie 1883.
This depopulated township, compromising about 8 ruined houses and about 4 outbuildings with yards and enclosures is situated amoung rock outcrops on the lower slopes of Strath Suardal 600m SE of Kilbride House NG 593 200.
Visited by OS (C F W) 20 June 1961; Visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/271: 4361-2.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG2465 Text/Publication/Volume: Mackenzie, A. 1883. The history of the Highland clearances: containing a reprint of Donald Macleod's "Gloomy memories of the Highlands; and a verbatim report of the trial of the Braes crofters". 1st. xvii.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
