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Mungosdail
Farmstead (18th Century)
Site Name Mungosdail
Classification Farmstead (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mungosdale; Mungasdale
Canmore ID 228983
Site Number NM55SE 36
NGR NM 56759 53712
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/228983
- Council Highland
- Parish Morvern
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
Fernish Church of Scotland, 1892 Simple, still gas lit, rubble and slated gothic church, hidden in trees above the road. It replaced one of 1780, whose predecessor was the medieval parish church of Killintag (Cill Leuntaig), remnants of which are still evident on the sloping burial ground at Mungasdale. Here, in the irregular, rubble-walled enclosure, stands the unpopular Christina Stewart's cenotaph (built to imitate a mausoleum), c.1830, a gothic landmark of tooled and polished ashlar. Mungasdale House, late 18th century Tacksman's house, remodelled c.1825 when the settlement was cleared to make way for a sheep farm.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NM55SE 36 56759 53712
NM 5670 5370
Mungasdale was a 1459 acre farm and leased to a Lowland farmer, John Beatton, when first reset in 1754. Mungasdale House likely dates to between 1755 and 1770, and has two stories and three broad bays. It is harled and slated and has a rectangular porch with a piended roof. The upper storey windows are slightly smaller than those of the lower storey. The SE gable has a small lean-to pavilion wing.
D Maudlin 2003
See also NM55SE 15.
