South Uist, 379 Gearraidh Na Monadh
Farmstead (Post Medieval)
Site Name South Uist, 379 Gearraidh Na Monadh
Classification Farmstead (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) 379 Garrynamonie; O'henley's
Canmore ID 135938
Site Number NF71NW 16.01
NGR NF 74339 16410
NGR Description Centred NF 74339 16410
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/135938
- Council Western Isles
- Parish South Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF71NW 16.01 centered 74339 16140
A thatched house and an outbuilding are undergoing survey as part of the Scottish Farm Buildings Survey.
Information to follow.
Information from RCAHMS (GPS), 11 November 1998.
This farmstead consists of a farmhouse and two outbuildings. The house is single-storeyed and is built of harled and pointed drystone rubble. The roof is hipped and the thatch is held down by nets weighted with stones. There are later chimneys at each end of the roof and a later harled lean-to porch at the front of the building, sheltering the central door. There are windows either side of this and one, central window at the back of the house. The shed nearest the house is probably a byre and has a small henhouse attached. It is gabled and has a corrugated-iron roof; originally the roof was thatched. The shed has an off-centre door and two small windows. There is a further small shed with a hipped and thatched roof and a central door. Most of the thatch had gone from the buildings by the time of visit (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (SS), 10 February 2006.
Field Visit (May 1990)
NF 744 164. Situated in an area of low-lying ground near the SW corner of South Uist, this thatched cottage, which is still occupied, is in an excellent state of preservation. Said by the owner to be approximately 100 years old, its form is typical of most of the thatched cottages in the immediate vicinity.
The building is rectangular on plan and has slightly battered walls constructed of local rubble and mortar. It measures 11.7m in length (N-S) and 5.9m in width. The walls are an average of 1m in thickness and rise some 2m in height. The roof is covered with marram thatch approximately 0.3m thick which is fastened with netting and weighted with stones. The entrance to the house, now obscured by a modern porch, is in the centre of the E front and is flanked by symmetrically-placed windows. There is also a centrally-placed window in the W front. The living room is situated to the S, with the bedroom to the N. a small bathroom and cupboard occupy the space opposite the doorway. Abutted to the N gable is a modern outshot for the storage of coal and wood.
Some 5.5m to the NE of the house is a small byre with a modern corrugated asbestos roof; a corn shed is situated some 20m to the NNE.
Visited by RCAHMS (NMC), May 1990.
Field Visit (10 June 2015)
NF 74341 16404 Single storey cottage of unknown date, currently vacant. The roof is thatched in marram and has a continuous marram ridge. The entire roof has been netted, including across the ridge, which is weighted along the eaves and around the chimney stacks with stones, in addition to small metal tubes around the stacks, secured to the netting with wire. There is some missing/deteriorated thatch on the rear elevation of the building. As well as this area of damaged thatch there is a small amount of grassy vegetation growth in places throughout the roof. The condition of the thatch is likely the deteriorate further if the building remains unoccupied.
Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 10 June 2015, survey no.301
