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Roshven Kennels
Kennels (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Roshven Kennels
Classification Kennels (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 348677
Site Number NM77NW 13
NGR NM 7025 7840
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/348677
- Council Highland
- Parish Arisaig And Moidart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (December 2012 - February 2013)
NM 7025 7840 In 2011, rhododendron clearance near West Lodge, Roshven, revealed a ruined building in an area known locally as Kennel Park. It is not shown on the 1st Edition OS 6” map of 1876, but appears on the 2nd Edition of 1899 as ‘kennels’. The building is inside the original grounds of the Roshven Estate, bought in 1853 by Professor Hugh Blackburn of Glasgow.
A survey was undertaken of the stone building, December 2012 – February 2013. It measures 7.6 x 3.5m (externally) is very roughly built and divided into two compartments, with a single doorway c0.75m wide in the S wall. Both the E and W gable walls (the W gable is unstable and mostly collapsed) have openings with lintels, each 0.75m wide but only 1m high – presumably a doorway for dogs. Each of these low entrances opens into what were open compounds with metal fence posts lead-sweated into the low walls, connected by wire fence lines. There is no sign of roofing, although fragments of rusted corrugated iron sheets are visible to the W of the building. However, this is more likely to be left over from military use in WW2.
Report: Highland HER, Lochaber Archive and RCAHMS
Ken Bowker and Jean Bowker, 2013
(Source: DES)