Ishon
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ishon
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Burgroy; Bogroy
Canmore ID 8046
Site Number ND12NW 16
NGR ND 114 270
NGR Description Centred ND 114 270
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND12NW 16 centred 114 270.
(Centred ND 114 270) 'Ishon'. Shown as a group of six buildings with arable (Ishon = Easan - waterfall)
W Roy 1747-55.
Burgroy (In Ruins) (NAT)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 1st ed., (1871)
Bogroy (NAT)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1908)
Borgroy (NR)
OS 6" map, (1965)
A minor deserted settlement comprising the footings of two long houses, three buildings, several enclosures and a corn-drying kiln. The settlement lies adjacent to formerly cultivated haughland now permanent pasture. Post-desertion sheepfolds have been erected amidst the ruins. (From local information the name 'Bogroy' (an erroneous corruption of 'Burg Ruadh') is not known to apply to this settlement. It has been suggested that 'Ishon' (phonetic) or some such name is more correct, but no one appears to know the correct spelling).
Visited by OS (N K B) 15 November 1982.
A township comprising four unroofed buildings, one of which is a long building, and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xlii). Five unroofed buildings, one enclosure and an unroofed structure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1964).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 23 November 1995.
