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Mellon Charles
Kiln(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Mellon Charles
Classification Kiln(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Ewe
Canmore ID 105055
Site Number NG89SW 3
NGR NG 845 913
NGR Description Centred NG 845 913
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/105055
- Council Highland
- Parish Gairloch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NG89SW 3.00 centred 845 913
NG89SW 3.01 NG 84 91 Cottages: cruck-framed
'Applies to a large district of fishermen's crofts situated on the E shore of Loch Ewe and W of Ormiscaig...extending from a dyke immediately to the E of Allt Bhruachan Rhuadha to Geodhachan Bana...'
Name Book 1881
A crofting township comprising one hundred and six roofed, thirteen partially roofed, twenty-four unroofed buildings and their associated enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1881, sheet xix). Several of the roofed buildings have rounded unroofed compartments at one end which may indicate that these buildings are kiln barns.
Eighty-eight roofed, four partially roofed and fifty unroofed buildings and their associated enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1969).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 22 April 1996.
