South Uist, Rhughasinish, Thatched Cottage
Thatched Cottage (20th Century)
Site Name South Uist, Rhughasinish, Thatched Cottage
Classification Thatched Cottage (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) John Mackillop
Canmore ID 238380
Site Number NF84SW 14
NGR NF 82188 44595
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/238380
- Council Western Isles
- Parish South Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (10 June 2015)
NF 82183 44598 Single storey cottage built in 1908 and listed as having a ‘muran thatch roof, secured with ropes and stone weights’. The cottage has been renovated and is now used as holiday accomodation. There is also a small outbuilding to the north, and both buildings are thatched in marram with a continuous marram ridge. The thatch on both buildings has been netted, weighted down along the eaves with stones secured to the netting by string. On the cottage, the string of stones continues around the edge of the chimney stacks at either gable end.
Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 10 June 2015, survey no.280
