Foulshiels, Birthplace Of Mungo Park
Cottage (18th Century)
Site Name Foulshiels, Birthplace Of Mungo Park
Classification Cottage (18th Century)
Canmore ID 54282
Site Number NT42NW 18
NGR NT 42290 29561
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/54282
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Selkirk
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Selkirkshire
NT42NW 18 42290 29561.
(NT 4231 2954) Foulshiels Birth place of Mungo Park (NAT)
OS 6" map (1909)
The ruined cottage in which Mungo Park, the explorer, was born in 1771, sits a few yards back from the Selkirk - St Mary's Loch road. It was announced this week that the Buildings Authority of Selkirk County Council has given permission to Buccleuch Estates to demolish it. The walls are unsafe and the building is roofless.
Information from 'The Scotsman' 16 April 1969
The remains of Foulshiels were restored in 1971 to commemorate the bicentenary of Mungo Park's Birth. The roofless cottage, which is 16.4 m by 6.2 m, has a 2.0 m high front wall and a back wall up to 1.0 m high. There are no window frames or doors. A plaque in the front wall states that Mungo Park was born in 1771 and died in 1805.
Visited by OS (MJF) 20 December 1979
Sbc Note
Visibility: Upstanding building, which may not be intact.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
