Kennel
Croft (19th Century), Kennels (19th Century), Quarry (19th Century)
Site Name Kennel
Classification Croft (19th Century), Kennels (19th Century), Quarry (19th Century)
Canmore ID 316251
Site Number NH54SE 83
NGR NH 58643 44884
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/316251
- Council Highland
- Parish Kirkhill
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (20 March 2012)
The ruins of a range, comprising a single-storey cottage at its NE end, another compartment next to it and a small outshot at its SW end, stand on a knoll 120m E of Broad Leaves. The range measures 24.8m in length by 5.4m transversely over lime-mortared rubble walls up to 0.7m in thickness and 2.3m in height. It has openings on the SE, and a gorse-grown quarry lies immediately to the S.
Whenever this range was constructed, it seems likely that until it was converted for use as a kennel sometime before 1868, it formed part of a smallholding on the Lentran Estate. The 1st edition of the OS 25-inch map reflects this change of use by annotating the structure as a 'Kennel' and depicting only the cottage roofed (Inverness Mainland 1876, Sheet XI.2). The map also shows the quarry and, immediately E of the cottage, a garden, the presence of which strongly suggests that at that time the cottage was still inhabited.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG) 13 February 2010.
