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Gairlochy, Caledonian Canal, Ardlussa

Cottage (19th Century)

Site Name Gairlochy, Caledonian Canal, Ardlussa

Classification Cottage (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Canal House; Lock Keeper's House

Canmore ID 108778

Site Number NN18SE 18

NGR NN 17724 84201

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kilmonivaig
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Lochaber
  • Former County Inverness-shire

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Canal House, designed as two dwellings for lock keepers like those at Banavie, with elegant three-windowed central bow and prominent battery of chimney flues.

Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

Archaeology Notes

NN18SE 18 17724 84201

This two-storey house on the E side of the canal has a first floor room which has been named after Telford, as he frequently stayed here. The bow front of the house would have afforded him good views of the canal.

G Hutton 1992.

The location of this house is visible on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1874, sheet cxxvi), on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1903, sheet cxxvi), on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1992) and on the OS Basic Scale raster map (ND).

Information from RCAHMS (MD) 13 September 2001.

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