MHG4192 - Tigh Chairm Nan Chait

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Type and Period (1)

  • BUILDING (Undated)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

NN17NW 7 1294 7862.

(NN 1294 7862) Tigh Chairm Nan Cat (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map (1903)

Tigh Chairm nan Chait was a hut allegedly built by Ailean nan Creach of Tor Castle for supernatural purposes in the late 15th or early 16th centuries. Some writers give the place of Allan's hut as being near to the centre of Corpach Moss, but the correct site is a clearing called Dail a Chait.
D B MacCulloch 1938

A pasture field with nothing to be seen.
Visited by OS (CFW) 17 July 1961

No change.
Visited by OS (NKB) 6 May 1970

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Location

Grid reference Centred NN 1293 7862 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NN17NW
Civil Parish KILMALLIE
Geographical Area LOCHABER

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