Monument record MHG8610 - Tarbat House (c. AD 1690)
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 7719 7370 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type) |
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| Map sheet | NH77SE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KILMUIR EASTER |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
NH77SE 9 centred 772 737.
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Tarbat House stood on the site of the present ruin. Much flax yarn was spun in the east and there was for a short time a linen factory here, with hand spinning and hand looms. Most yarn was shipped to Edinburgh but a limited quantity was woven into linen cloth locally, a process which involved bleaching the finished cloth. Small bleachfields were established on the Cromarty links by the local merchant, William Forsyth, and by Munro of Culcairn, somewhere on his estate.
Ross & Cromarty - A Historical Guide by D Alston, 1999
J Aitken: 14/09/04
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Built in 1650s as a successor to Ballone Castle (NH98SW 1) and replaced by the present Tarbat House (at NH 770 736) in 1787.
W Fraser 1876; G Stell 1986.
Replaced by present Tarbat House at NH 77SE 15 in 1787.
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG11727 Image/Photograph(s): Tarbat House.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG1604 Text/Publication/Article: Forman, S. 1958. 'Tarbat House', Scot Fld Vol. 105 Aug 1958, p.21-3. Scot Fld. 21-3. 21-3.
- --- SHG2054 Text/Publication/Volume: Clough, M. 1990. Two houses: New Tarbat, Easter Ross; Royston House, Edinburgh.
- --- SHG2228 Text/Publication/Volume: Fraser, W. 1876. The Earls of Cromartie: their kindred, country and correspondence. Vol. 2, 431-5.
- --- SHG3139 Text/Publication/Article: Stell, G. 1986. Architecture and society in Easter Ross before 1707. SHG1943. 99-132. 112, 115, 130.
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Record last edited
May 13 2016 12:00AM
