View from SW Digital image of D 2257 CN

Description View from SW Digital image of D 2257 CN

Date 5/6/1996

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 794248

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 2257 CN

Scope and Content Rodel Hotel, Harris, Western Isles, from south-west To the right is part of the Rodel Hotel, once known as Roghadel House. This building probably dates to the late 18th century and it was built for Captain Alexander MacLeod, who became the owner of Harris in 1779. Its south gable faces the harbour, and is two bays wide. The openings on the west wall are not symmetrical. The entrance porch may date to the 1840s, and is two-storeyed with a piended, or hipped, roof. To the left is part of the building which dates to the mid-19th century. One storey in height with a piended roof, the building is four bays wide. At the far left is a bay window. The building is harled with a slated roof. Lewis and Harris are both parts of the same island, collectively known as 'the Long Island', which is the most northerly in the Outer Hebrides. Together they are about 95km in length and around 32km at the widest point. Most of Lewis is quite low-lying, whereas Harris is mountainous. Rodel, or Roghadel, comes from the Old Norse and means 'Red Dale'. The local soil is unlike that in the rest of Harris, being red in colour and very fertile. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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