9 hole port

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Under the address 9 Locheport on the Scottish Hebridean island of North Uist is a cottage to find. In 1971 the building was included in the Scottish Monuments List in the highest category A.

history

The cottage was built around 1910. It could be a new build of an older building from which elements may have been carried over. The earliest Ordnance Survey map from 1878 shows a building at this location. The thatched roof was last renewed in the 1970s. Barley straw, heather and fern were used for this. The cottage has been listed as unoccupied since 1983 and was listed on the Scotland List of Endangered Landmarks in 1996. The cottage is classified as ruinous and the degree of danger is classified as critical. The roof has collapsed in the meantime, so that only the outer walls remain.

description

The cottage is located on a slight elevation in the scattered settlement of Locheport on a side road of the A865 in the south of the island of North Uist. The Loch Euphort inlet runs around 100 meters to the north , while various small lakes can be found to the south. Architecturally, the one-story cottage corresponds to the traditional building type in the Hebrides . The front door is on the north-facing front. It is surrounded by three windows, one to the right and two to the left of the door. There are two further window openings on the back. The mighty masonry is not plastered, but whitewashed. It is made of quarry stone , with the building edges rounded. The building once ended with a thatched roof that was fixed with ropes and stones.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk
  3. ↑ Entry on 9 Locheport  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 57 ° 33 '1 "  N , 7 ° 13' 18.1"  W.