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Milton, Smithy
Smithy (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Milton, Smithy
Classification Smithy (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 12665
Site Number NH54NE 8
NGR NH 5826 4938
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12665
- Council Highland
- Parish Killearnan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH54NE 8 5826 4937
The remains of the smithy are located in front of the first row of cottages. It has no roof, the E and N walls are 3ft high while the W wall stands to its full height. The S wall is totally gone. The remains of a stone trough are still inside - (though possibly not in situ ) a range of iron tools are lying on one of the walls. Some appear to be the type of tools one would expect in a smithy.
CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.
Field Visit (2013 - 2014)
Dilapidated and ruinous. Roofless, with S wall gone, E and N wall upstanding to 3m high, and W wall standing to full height. Stone trough and iron tools inside structure. The remains of the Smithy are located in front of the first row of cottages at Milton/Redcastle. The Smithy's workshop is no longer there and is now a garden. The S wall gone, E and N wall are upstanding to 1m high. The W wall has been integrated with a shed attached at the end. The stone trough has been moved. There is only one iron object left, it looks like a mould for a horse shoe lying on top of the wall.
The white cottage behind the site of the Smithy's workshop is where I was told by a local resident of 50 years that her house was in fact the Smithy's house. This white cottage has two portholes in the gable end of which light comes into her bedroom.
Visited by Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk (SCHARP) 2013
