Moin House
Cottage (19th Century)
Site Name Moin House
Classification Cottage (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Moine House
Canmore ID 5411
Site Number NC56SW 1
NGR NC 51835 60047
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5411
- Council Highland
- Parish Tongue
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Simple single storey, 3-bay cottage. All harled. Centre door masked by later projecting porch with side entrance. Single window in east return gable with large, but worn plaque in centre with ashlar margins. Skewputts project from return gables in Sutherland tradition, coped end stacks; slate roof.
Built to serve as refuge for travellers crossing the isolated, high ground of the Moin Worn inscription commemorates construction of road (by Duke of Sutherland) in 1830. (Historic Scotland)
Earliest known roadside refuge (that wasn't an inn) in the Highlands. From Tongue, Moin House is clearly visible on the skyline. (E.Beaton)
