MHG8068 - Meikle Daan
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Type and Period (1)
- HOUSE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1058 AD to 1900 AD)
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Full Description
NH68SE 1 6896 8456.
This two-storeyed house, which is associated with a walled enclosure and ruinous out-buildings, appears at first glance to be of conventional 18th-century appearance. Closer examination reveals an asymmetrical three-bay frontage, and a rear projection contains part of an old stair. The door-lintel is inscribed with the initials A M, M F and the date 1680; the same initials and date are on an elaborately sculptured fireplace lintel which came from Daan and is now in Balnagown Castle (NH77NE 1). Alexander Munro, a minister of Edderton, and his wife, Margaret Forrester, are the persons in question; however, a house at Daan first comes on record in 1592, and some of the remains on this site may antedale the Munro connection.
NSA 1845; A P Forbes 1872; D Macrae 1911; ISSFC 1926; C T McInnes 1940; G Stell 1986.
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SHG1265 Text/Publication/Article: Macrae, D. 1911. 'Notice of some unrecorded sculptured stones at Edderton, Ross-shire, and at Foss, Pertshire', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 45 1910-11, p.398-402. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 398-402. 398-400.
- --- SHG2204 Text/Publication/Volume: Forbes, A P. 1872. Kalendars of Scottish saints, with personal notices of those of Alba, Laudonia and Strathclyde. xxviii.
- --- SHG2597 Text/Publication/Volume: NSA. 1845. The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy. Vol. 15, Ross and Cromarty, 449.
- --- SHG2670 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 31, No. 270.
- --- SHG3048 Text/Publication/Article: McInnes, C T. 1940. 'Calendar of writs of Munro of Foulis 1299-1823', Scot Rec Soc Vol. 72. Scot Rec Soc. Nos. 72, 123, 129 and passim.
- --- SHG3139 Text/Publication/Article: Stell, G. 1986. Architecture and society in Easter Ross before 1707. SHG1943. 99-132. 126; fig. 8.23.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6896 8455 (20m by 20m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH68SE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | EDDERTON |
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB1815 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/13886 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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