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MHG36605 - Site of Druimbeg House, Acharacle

Summary

The site of Druimbeg House, which was destroyed by fire in 1949.

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Destroyed by fire in the 1940's. RCAHMS holds images of the building within the Iain Thornber collection and the General Collection. These can be viewed in the RCAHMS Search Room in Edinburgh (see Canmore record for full details). <1>

Iain Thornber has provided an extract from his forthcoming publication on the lost houses of Lochaber. The extract includes a photograph of the building. It is held offline but copies can be provided on request for personal use:

"Built 1913-14 by Mr Gresham Wells, a London barrister. On his death it passed to Sir Thomas Fraser, a well-known Edinburgh surgeon, who sold it to Messrs Duncan and Neil Cameron, co-owners of the nearby Lochshiel Hotel. Let to Mr & Mrs Charles Farrell and accidentally burnt February 1949." <2>

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Location

Grid reference	Centred NM 6901 6731 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NM66NE
Civil Parish	ARDNAMURCHAN
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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