MHG3076 - Cruck house - Fingask Drive, Kirkhill
Summary
Cruck house, Kirkhill
Type and Period (1)
- CRUCK HOUSE (18th Century - 1701 AD? to 1800 AD?)
Protected Status
Full Description
The Inverness Field Club, led by Donald Coghill, surveyed a number of sites in the Aird area between 1987 and 1989.
Behind the council houses there is an uninhabited 18th century cottage with very low walls and hipped gables, formerly thatched and now roofed with corrugated iron. In the aftermath of Culloden the MacDonald family who were resident at that time hid 2 fugitives under the rafters for about two months. This old building is under the threat of demolition. <1>
TBS photos, 1989.
Photographs of the building were taken by E Lundberg in 2014. <2>
Additional photographs were taken by K Hawthorne of Highland Council in 2015. <3>
Plans and sections of the building were drawn by Historic Environment Scotland in Jan 2016 (available at HES in Edinburgh). <4>
The building was assessed for listing by Historic Environment Scotland in 2015-16. It was recommended that it be listed at Category A. <5>
The building was listed at category A by Historic Environment Scotland on 29/04/2016. <6>
Sources/Archives (7)
- --- SHG3605 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- <1> SHG2356 Text/Manuscript: Jacks, S E (ed.). 1989. Some unrecorded sites in the Aird noted between Oct 1987 & May 1989. Inverness Field Club. Digital. No. 48.
- <2> SHG26924 Image/Photograph(s): Lundberg, E.. 2014. Photographs of cruck house, Fingask Drive, Kirkhill. Colour. Yes. Digital.
- <3> SHG27132 Image/Photograph(s): Hawthorne, K.. 2015. Photographs of Cruck Cottage at Fingask Drive, Kirkhill. Colour. Digital.
- <4> SHG27134 Image/Drawing/Measured Survey Drawing: Historic Environment Scotland. 2016. Plans and sections of cruck-framed cottage, Fingask Drive, Kirkhill. Historic Environment Scotland. No. Paper and digital.
- <5> SHG27428 Text/Designation Notification/List of Buildings: Historic Environment Scotland. 2016. Assessment against the listing criteria: Kirkhill Cottage, Fingask Drive, Kirkhill. Historic Environment Scotland. 05/04/2016.
- <6> SHG27429 Text/Designation Notification/List of Buildings: Fraser, D.. 2016. Notification of the listing of Cruck Cottage, Fingask Drive, Kirkhill. Historic Environment Scotland. 05/05/2016. Digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5549 4570 (11m by 14m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH54NE |
| Civil Parish | KIRKHILL |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB52377 (View on-line description on HES Designations portal)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/68547 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
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