Tiree, 11 Ruaig, Croft House
Blackhouse (19th Century) - (20th Century), Croft(S) (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (19th Century) - (20th Century), Thatched Cottage (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Tiree, 11 Ruaig, Croft House
Classification Blackhouse (19th Century) - (20th Century), Croft(S) (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (19th Century) - (20th Century), Thatched Cottage (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Canmore ID 21493
Site Number NM04NE 17
NGR NM 0697 4784
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21493
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Tiree
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (August 1973)
NM04NE 17 0697 4784.
Croft-houses and Steading. These hip-roofed buildings are evidently associated with a croft of about 4.6ha (11.4 acres). They are grouped in a linear plan measuring some 36m in length over all, and the thatched dwelling-house, which is now derelict and semi-ruinous, occupies the central portion of the range. The remains of a small byre and a barn stand at the NW end of the range, whilst at the SE end there is a small thatched store and a felt-roofed cart-shed. Although probably dating from a period in the early 19th century when the crofting divisions at Ruaig were first formed, the croft-house is of interest as an example of the later chimneyed version of the thick-walled Hebridean house.
RCAHMS 1980, visited August 1973
[see RCAHMS 1980, No. 372 for further details]
