MHG58812 - Bothies - Isle Ewe
Summary
Two fishing bothies on Isle Ewe
Type and Period (1)
- FISHING BOTHY (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
What may be a farmstead comprising an unroofed long building, and two enclosures lying about 100m to the NW are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet xix). The enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 April 1996
Two ruined fishing bothies/houses on the shore. These were known as Tigh na Bodach and were lived in by two families of Macraes and Mackenzies who eventually moved to the farm worker cottages by ‘The Square’. The site was recorded in 2014 by Malone D, MacInnes A & Buchanan J as part of an archaeological survey of Isle Ewe. <1>
NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 Aps <2>
1st Edition OS 6" <3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SHG27960 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Malone, B, MacInnes, A & Buchanan, J. 2014. A History and Survey of Isle Ewe. Unaffiliated. 2018. Digital. p.44 Site 42.
- <2> SHG27491 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 1999-2001. Get Mapping colour vertical aerial photography 1999-2001 (The Millennium Map). XY
- <3> SHG23411 Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. 1881. Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map: Ross-shire. Digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 8535 8877 (22m by 19m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG88NE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | GAIRLOCH |
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