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Site Management
Date 12 February 1998
Event ID 891189
Category Management
Type Site Management
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/891189
Traditional Lochalsh single storey, 3-bay cottage. Whitewashed rubble, rounded corners, heavy boulder footings. 4 pairs scarfed crucks. Centre door with later projecting corrugated iron porch; flanking 4-pane sashes; small 4-pane sash window rear. Gable end chimney of Skye type in west gable; straw "lum" with wooden cap and lining within piended thatched roof at east, bound with thatch and twine. Rush and/or straw thatch with some heather at eaves, pinned at ridge and eaves with bent hazel wands. Interior: 2 rooms right and left, with small "press" room at centre rear. Left room (south) has projecting fireplace (served by straw "lum") with flanking "cheeks" and metal canopy. Rare survival, particularly the "lum". (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)
