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Laide, General
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Laide, General
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Laid
Canmore ID 105051
Site Number NG89SE 9
NGR NG 898 917
NGR Description centred on NG 898 917
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/105051
- Council Highland
- Parish Gairloch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Note
A crofting township comprising seventy-four roofed buildings, which include a school and a smithy, three partially roofed building, sixteen unroofed buildings and some enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet xix). Forty-one roofed, two partially roofed, eighteen unroofed buildings and some enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1969).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 19 April 1996
