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MHG8357 - Township - Inveralligin

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A township comprising thirty-four roofed, three partially roofed and seven unroofed buildings, sixteen enclosures, some field walls and parts of a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet lxxxi). Thirty-nine roofed, one partially roofed and five unroofed buildings, several enclosures, some field walls and parts of a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 24 April 1996

Pier End Cottage (see MHG16297) is a single storey cottage of 3 bays with a central door faces the roan;. Whitewashed rubble with end stacks and corrugated iron roof. A small single storey whitewashed rubble byre with a gable end to the road stands to the W. It also has a corrugated iron roof. It is listed and is NG85NW29. These roofed buildings are likely to be those marked on the 1837 estate map.

Most of the other buildings along the foreshore W of Pier End Cottage had also been built by 1875 and some had their origins before 1840. Just E of Pier End Cottage is Crofthouse 29. The others spread W from Pier End Cottage as follows:
Wave Crest (?) is also listed and is NG85NW28, Ivy Cottage (6F), Shore Cottage (22), Broom Cottage (21), The Cabin (28), Rocky Bank (9F), sheds (30), Park Cottage (MM 1996 typescript H32), and behind Rocky Bank is Kwato (18F). Park Cottage MM records as being the shoemaker's shop - a popular meeting place in the old days. It went out of use in the 1960s and is now a holiday house. The unnamed sheds (30) immediately W of Rocky Bank MM records as follows: H31 The old boatbuilder's shed, stone built. A later, corrugated iron, workshop sits beside it and a corrugated iron wood-seasoning shed beside that. The old boatbuilder's shed is still used for village functions, eg on bonfire night. However, the owner (26F) may demolish it for a house site in the future. The MacDonald family of boatbuilders spanned at least 3 generations. The last - Murdo MacDonald - was also a local bard. He last built boats in the sixties, and an example of his work may be seen at Gairloch Heritage Museum. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 8476 5750 (1523m by 581m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG85NW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	APPLECROSS

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