Monument record MHG54236 - Boundary stones, Croit Ruadh, Lochcarron

Information from Paul Swan. 8 boundary stones are shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. Two round topped stones remain in situ. The other stones were removed during extensions to the golf club car park and during extension of the graveyard.

These boundary stones demarcate Croit Ruadh ("Brown Croft"). Croit Ruadh was approximately one and a quarter acres in size and presumably laid out at about the same time as all the other crofts in Lochcarron (c1800), but as to why it was this odd shape and name is sadly, lost.

Further information was added to <1> by Paul Swan in July 2011. Further research has thrown up an alternative name of "Croit-cruaidh" (hard or stony croft) as this croft is on an old gravel bank (raised bank). It is now thought that this croft is much older than the neat crofting strips above Lochcarron, possibly going back as far as the medieval period. <1><2>