Monument record MHG55837 - Early C20 hunting lodge - Gaick, Kingussie and Insh

Summary

A hunting lodge on the Gaick Estate, built by the Duke of Gordon in the early C20 to replace one destroyed in an avalanche.

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Grid reference Centred NN 75753 84798 (52m by 53m)
Map sheet NN78SE
Operational Area INVERNESS NAIRN BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY
Civil Parish KINGUSSIE AND INSH
Geographical Area BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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Gaick Lodge stands at the south end of Loch An T-Seilich. It was built to replace an earlier lodge (NN78SE 1) that stood about 200m to the SE which was destroyed in an avalanche in 1800.

The second lodge, and the site of the first, were depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1872, Sheet CXXXII).
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 26 September 2011. <1>

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  • <1> Interactive Resource/Online Database: RCAHMS. Canmore, online database of the Royal Commission for the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). 313064.

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Record last edited

Jan 21 2013 5:07PM

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