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Bendronaig Lodge
Bothy (20th Century), Hunting Lodge (19th Century) - (20th Century), Sheepfold (19th Century)
Site Name Bendronaig Lodge
Classification Bothy (20th Century), Hunting Lodge (19th Century) - (20th Century), Sheepfold (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Luib-a-goil; Ben Dronaig Lodge
Canmore ID 374569
Site Number NH03NW 6
NGR NH 01369 38861
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/374569
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochalsh
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Note (29 June 2022)
NH03NW 6 NM 01369 38861
This former estate cottage, now used as a bothy, takes its name from nearby Ben Dronaig (797m OD) and is set beside a small shooting lodge on the S bank of the Uisge Dubh about 9km E of the public road at Attadale. It is rectangular on plan, with cement-rendered rubble gables and corrugated iron walls on its long sides. The two buildings stand within a small fenced enclosure and a larger fenced enclosure is located 30m to the S. The vestigial remains of a round sheepfold (NH 01350 38822) are situated 32m SW of the bothy and a small area of peat cutting is visible 250m to the SW (NH 01215 38678).
Only the sheepfold is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross and Cromartyshire, sheet cxii, 1881), and it may have been used by the shepherd, whose house at Allt-a-Bhunain, 1km to the W, is recorded in the contemporary OS Name Book (Ross and Cromarty, No. 49, p. 15). By 1894, the sheepfold had been replaced by two buildings (corresponding to those described above) labelled ‘Luib-a-Goil’, and a small hut had been constructed 235m to the NE (Ross and Cromarty, sheet 82, 1896). ‘Luib-a-Ghaill’ was translated as ‘the Lowlander’s Loop’ in the contemporary OS Name Book (OS Name Book, Ross and Cromarty, No. 49, p. 16). Though published only nine years later, the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map records the name of the site as Bendronaig Lodge (Ross and Cromarty, sheet cxii, 1905).
The Valuation Roll for Ross and Cromarty in 1915-6 notes the occupant of ‘Bendronaig’ as William Ferguson, gamekeeper. The Roll for 1935-6 notes the occupant of the cottage at Bendronaig as Duncan Macpherson.
Information from HES Archaeological Survey (D M Bratt), 29 June 2022
(Allan 2017, 87)
