Evelix Farmhouse
Court House (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Evelix Farmhouse
Classification Court House (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Evelix, Regality Court-house And Gallows-tree
Canmore ID 14840
Site Number NH79SE 17
NGR NH 7704 9002
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14840
- Council Highland
- Parish Dornoch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH79SE 17 7704 9002.
An old Regality court-house dating from about 1600 stood near Evelix Farm-house (NH 7693 9001). It was used latterly as a barn but is now demolished. Its 'Gallows Tree' stood nearby.
W Calder 1955.
The whole of the E wall of the court-house and c. 2.0m of the S gable survive to a height of c. 1.0m, incorporated in the line of a modern field wall at NH 7704 9002. The building has been 12.0m long within walls 0.8m thick and the E wall contains a central doorway 1.0m wide. According to the farmer at Evelix the Gallows Tree stood until recently in a niche in a wall at NH 7701 9000.
Visited by OS (A A) 25 March 1971.
