Knockan
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Knockan
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 89590
Site Number NC21SW 25
NGR NC 21109 10785
NGR Description Centred NC 21109 10785
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/89590
- Council Highland
- Parish Assynt
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC21SW 25 centred on 211 108
NC 210 107: Cathair a' Chnocain.
OS 1:10560 map (1967)
A small knoll. The name means "Seat of the Hillock".
Name Book 1875.
"Cathair", in NW Scotland, means a small mound or "Fairy Seat", not "fort" as in other parts.
W J Watson 1926.
A township comprising forty-five roofed and two unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xci). Sixteen roofed, one partially roofed and fourteen unroofed buildings, and four unroofed structures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1967).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 September 1995
Field Visit (25 November 2009)
The modern township of Knockan has grown from the original settlement depicted on early maps. Few traces of the early settlement survive, having been developed by modern construction.
(HLP_no 111)
Assynt's Hidden Lives Project 2009
