Monument record MHG8949 - Foulis Point, Granary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5996 6360 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH56SE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KILTEARN |
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NH56SE 19 5996 6359
A disused 18th century granary or Rent House. Three stories harled, with an external open stair giving access to the upper floors.
Built c1740 as an estate storehouse, or girnel, for Munros of Foulis. Around this time, rents were mostly paid in kind, as were a proportion of estate workers wages. Oats and barley would have been stored here, and thence shipped out to Fort George where they would be sold to army, or to Inverness.
The Rent House was the scene of riot 1796, when townspeople of Dingwall marched on it at a time of food shortage in order to prevent export of grain they believed to be held there. The crowd eventually dispersed without serious incident. The Rent House remained in use as a storehouse for goods moving in or out of the estate by sea well into 20th century.
J Close-Brooks 1986
Though it stands just outwith the Cromarty Firth SSSI, Foulis Point Rent House is of importance to history of this part of Cromarty Firth: also it is likely that some associated structures (such as boat moorings) may well lie along the shore, and within the SSSI.
J Wordsworth, SSSIs, Scottish Natural Heritage, 1993
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SHG1923 Text/Publication/Monograph: Ash, M.. 1991. This noble harbour: a history of the Cromarty Firth. 81,82; fig.19.
- --- SHG2053 Text/Publication/Volume: Close-Brooks, J. 1986. Exploring Scotland's Heritage: The Highlands. 69-70, No. 27; photo.
- --- SHG2147 Text/Publication/Volume: Dunbar, J G. 1966. The historic architecture of Scotland. 217.
- --- SHG2332 Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). volume II, p.289.
- --- SHG3136 Text/Publication/Article: Beaton, E. 1986. Late seventeenth and eighteenth century estate girnals in Easter-Ross and South-East Sutherland. SHG1943. 133-52. 133, 134, 146-8, 150; Plan, elevation, photo, fig. 9.11 - 9.13.
- --- SHG3187 Text/Publication/Article: Stell and Beaton, G and E. 1984. Local building traditions. SHG23128. 207-18. 207-18.
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Record last edited
Aug 31 2009 4:07PM
