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Publication Account
Date 2002
Event ID 1019612
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1019612
The house at Howlin was built by Lachlan Mackinnon and his son Hector after they acquired the tack in 1770, and this is said to have been the first house with lime mortar and glass windows on the island. It was probably thatched until the late 19th century when the gables were raised and the roof slated. The byre seems to have originally been a domestic room as the doorway is splayed like a window not like a door.
Information from ‘RCAHMS Excursion Guide: Commissioners' Field Excursion, The Small Isles, 23-26 September 2002’.
