Eigg, Kildonnan Farm, Bank Barn
Farmstead (19th Century)
Site Name Eigg, Kildonnan Farm, Bank Barn
Classification Farmstead (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Pottery; Hostel; Kildonan
Canmore ID 108858
Site Number NM48NE 34.01
NGR NM 49018 85074
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Kildonnan Farmhouse, early 19th century One of the island's more substantial dwellings, said to have been built by Dr Donald MacAskill, son of the parish's first resident minister; mid- 19th-century extensions. Good example of a 19th-century bank barn (combining steading and slit-vented barn), with horsewalk, nearby.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Kildonnan Farmhouse, early 19th century One of the island's more substantial dwellings, said to have been built by Dr Donald MacAskill, son of the parish's first resident minister; mid- 19th-century extensions. Good example of a 19th-century bank barn (combining steading and slit-vented barn), with horsewalk, nearby.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NM48NE 34.01 49018 85074
Publication Account (2002)
The farmhouse was built in the early 19th century and has altered little since it was drawn in 1858 in the MacPherson family sketchbook. An earlier long-house has been incorporated into the steading along with a Lochaber bank barn and a horse gin. The barn was converted into a pottery with hostel accommdation above, under the patrongage of Mr. Schellenberg.
Information from ‘RCAHMS Excursion Guide: Commissioners' Field Excursion, The Small Isles, 23-26 September 2002’.
