Kinlochhourn
Fishing Site (18th Century), Inn (19th Century)
Site Name Kinlochhourn
Classification Fishing Site (18th Century), Inn (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kinloch Hourn
Canmore ID 277990
Site Number NG90NE 6
NGR NG 95268 07216
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/277990
- Council Highland
- Parish Glenelg (Lochaber)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Kinlochhourn (Ceann Loch Shubhairne) In the 18th century, when Loch Hourn was thick with herring, Kinlochhourn provided an 'unexpected sight' amidst the wildest scene in nature'. Here could be seen 'a great fleet of busses, and all the busy apparatus of the herring fishery; with multitudes of little occasional hovels and tents on the shore'. (J. Knox, 1786). By 1818, when William Daniell visited, there was a respectable inn here, reached by the newly completed Parliamentary road.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
