Tigh Chairm Nan Chait
Building (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tigh Chairm Nan Chait
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Dial A Chait
Canmore ID 23711
Site Number NN17NW 7
NGR NN 1294 7862
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23711
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmallie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NN17NW 7 1294 7862.
(NN 1294 7862) Tigh Chairm Nan Cat (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map (1903)
Tigh Chairm nan Chait was a hut allegedly built by Ailean nan Creach of Tor Castle for supernatural purposes in the late 15th or early 16th centuries. Some writers give the place of Allan's hut as being near to the centre of Corpach Moss, but the correct site is a clearing called Dail a Chait.
D B MacCulloch 1938
A pasture field with nothing to be seen.
Visited by OS (CFW) 17 July 1961
No change.
Visited by OS (NKB) 6 May 1970
