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Berneray, Laimrig Ruadh, Cottage
Thatched Cottage (19th Century)
Site Name Berneray, Laimrig Ruadh, Cottage
Classification Thatched Cottage (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 1 Laimrig Ruadh
Canmore ID 238316
Site Number NF98SW 44
NGR NF 92963 81580
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/238316
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
Note (20 May 2014)
A building, part of a group of four recorded as a farmstead, see NF98SW 32.03.
Information from RCHAMS (PMcK) 20 May 2014.
Field Visit (22 September 2014)
NF 92965 81575 Probably 19th century cottage with modern porch addition to east, listed as having a ‘muran thatch roof, secured with netting and ropes, stone and wooden weights over inner wallhead’. The modern porch extension has a slatted timber roof. The cottage is still thatched in marram and has a continuous marram ridge. The entire roof has been netted, weighted along the eaves, over the window openings and around the porch extension and chimney stacks at either end by stones secured to the netting by wire.
Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 22 September 2014, survey no.250
