MHG11933 - Rispond Fishing Station
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- FISHING STATION (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
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See also:
NH46NE0002 Rispond Lodge and cottage
JHooper, 20/09/2001
NC46NE 1 451 653
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The Industrial Archaeology of Sutherland (A Scottish Highland Economy 1700-1900, pp. 93, 104-105, 236, 249) - Sinclair B Calder, 1974
J Aitken : 19/2/2004
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(Location cited as NC 452 654). Pier, store etc., Rispond, c. 1788 and later. A delightful group with: a massive coursed-rubble pier and quay; a two-storey and attic fish house with external stair to the first floor, crow-stepped gables and a fish wind-vane; a single-storey barn, and three dwelling-houses, one of them with wings designed as salmon-boiling houses.
J R Hume 1977.
A photographic survey was carried out in 2011 as a condition of a planning application for the conversion of a byre/agricultural store into a two bedroom holiday letting cottage (Listed Building).
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2332 Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). 314; pl. 118.
- --- SHG364 Text/Manuscript: Calder, Sinclair B.. 1974. The Industrial Archaeology of Sutherland: A Scottish Highland Economy 1700-1900. The University of Strathclyde.
- <1> SHG26146 Image/Photograph(s): Spence, A. 2011. Photographic Survey - Rispond Lodge, Durness. Colour. Digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 4515 6542 (159m by 183m) (2 map features) |
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| Map sheet | NC46NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (5)
- Parent of: Byre/agricultural store - Rispond (Building) (MHG56685)
- Parent of: Rispond Lodge & cottage (Building) (MHG21123)
- Parent of: Rispond, Fishing Station, Cottage (Monument) (MHG45981)
- Parent of: RISPOND, FISHING STATION, FISH HOUSE (Building) (MHG52467)
- Parent of: RISPOND, FISHING STATION, PIER AND QUAY (Building) (MHG52317)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB495 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/4946 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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