MHG33191 - Storehouse - N end of Poolewe
Summary
A mid-19th century 2-storey structure built into the bank to allow access to the upper storey from ground level.
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
A desk-based assessment and walk-over survey of the route of the proposed pipeline was conducted by C. Dagg in 2000.
Bank Barn. A mid-19th century 2-storey structure built into the bank to allow access to the upper storey from ground level. To the left of the upper, west, doorway is a horse-walk, a raised round platform originally housing gearing to move threshing machinery within the barn. This barn is the only known example of its kind north of Lochaber. <1>
Roof blown away in storms of January 2005, photos C Dagg
Building marked on 1st ed. Storehouse on two floors - HAW 5/2004
NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 vertical aerial photographs. <2>
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG26956 Image/Photograph(s): Stuart Christie. 2015. Photographic Survey - Land to NE of Poolewe House, Poolewe. Colour. Digital.
- <1> SHG21076 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Dagg, C.. 2000. An Archaeological Survey of the proposed route of a water pipeline between poolewe and Inverasdale, Wester Ross. Catherine Dagg. 31/07/2000. Digital (scanned as PDF). Site 1.
- <2> SHG27491 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 1999-2001. Get Mapping colour vertical aerial photography 1999-2001 (The Millennium Map). XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 8567 8097 (21m by 18m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG88SE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | GAIRLOCH |
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