Monument record MHG9943 - Crackaig
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 9573 1066 (20m by 20m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC91SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | LOTH |
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Parent for: NC91SE0033.
JHooper, 14/09/2001
NC91SE 7 9574 1066.
(NC 9574 1066) Lady Jane Gordon, a daughter of George, Earl of Huntly, built the house of Crakaig (about 1574). No trace of it exists (Pennant 1774). She died in 1629 (Gordon 1813; Calder 1955).
R Gordon 1813; T Pennant 1774; W Calder 1955.
No part of the old house remains. The date of the present house is uncertain but a gable in S side of the house bears the date 1845.
Visited by OS (W D J) 27 May 1960.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG2273 Text/Publication/Volume: Weber, H (ed). 1813. Genealogical history of the Earldom of Sutherland by Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun. 10.
- --- SHG2616 Text/Publication/Volume: Pennant, T. 1776. A Tour in Scotland; MDCCLXXII. 338.
- --- SHG2657 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Second report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Sutherland. . 7, no. 21.
- --- SHG2841 Text/Publication/Volume: Sutherland Estates. 1866-. Sutherland Estates building specifications. Kilmote 1866, 1-30; 1892, 1-7; 1894, 1-9.
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Record last edited
Aug 31 2009 4:07PM
