Building record MWE150004 - Scolpaig House

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Farm House

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Grid reference NF 7289 7532 (point)
Map sheet NF77NW
Island North Uist
Parish NORTH UIST, Western Isles

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Double pile farmhouse with attached byres, small walled garden to SE with rockery comprising of beach pebbles, quernstone fragments and several perforated stones . Additional detached byres to NNE. Large walled garden to SE. These buildings are apparent on the 6" 1st edition Ordinance Survey 1876.
This farm would appear to have been built after the previous settlement was cleared. The earlier settlement is apparent on R.Reids Plan of the Island of North Uist (1799).

K.Murphy (Archaeologist CnES) 19/06/2019


Robert Reid, 1799, Plan of the Island of North Uist (Cartographic materials). SWE41258.

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  • --- Cartographic materials: Robert Reid. 1799. Plan of the Island of North Uist.

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Record last edited

Aug 21 2024 2:58PM

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