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Plockton, Tullochard, Thatched Cottage
Thatched Cottage (19th Century)
Site Name Plockton, Tullochard, Thatched Cottage
Classification Thatched Cottage (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Tulloch Ard
Canmore ID 11902
Site Number NG83SW 11
NGR NG 80642 33622
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11902
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochalsh
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Bank Street has a particularly cohesive group of late 19th century terraced cottages, prettily dormered along the water's edge. At Rhu, which forms a natural breakwater and harbour, Tulloch Ard is the last intact survival in Plockton of a traditional, heather-thatched cottage.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Field Visit (12 June 2015)
NG 80642 33624 19th century single-storey house, listed as having a ‘piended heather thatched roof’. The roof is thatched in heather continuously across the ridge, which has then been secured by a single horizontal metal wire that has been pegged to the ridge with wire. A single row of branches has been secured over the wire to cover it and to delineate the ridge. The thatch has not been netted anywhere.
Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 12 June 2015, survey no.106
