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Tiree, Balemartine, Tigh Fiona Ghall

Cottage (19th Century)

Site Name Tiree, Balemartine, Tigh Fiona Ghall

Classification Cottage (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Balmartine

Canmore ID 233853

Site Number NL94SE 45

NGR NL 98557 41517

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Tiree
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

Site Management (6 April 2009)

Traditional single storey 3-bay cottage with centre door, rubble-built, wide eaves ("tobhta"), 1 gable end stack; piended tarred felt roof with small skylight. (Historic Scotland)

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Field Visit (27 August 2014)

NL 98557 41519 Listing description for the property reads ‘19th century traditional single storey 3-bay cottage with centre door, rubble-built, wide eaves (“tobhta”), 1 gable end stack; piended tarred felt roof with small skylight’. It does not state whether the building was originally thatched, although this is probable. The building is currently on the Buildings at Risk Register (BAR reference number 3881).

Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 27 August 2014, survey no.032

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