Captain Robertson's three stone cairns at Kinlochmoidart, Lochaber, Inverness-shire. Scotland. SCO 5440
The Robertson MacDonalds sold the surveyed area to the Stewart family in 1882 as part of the Kinlochmoidart estate. The architect William Leiper designed the present Kinlochmoidart house for the family in 188414 and other estate houses were built or improved in the same style in the following years. The large Kinlochmoidart pier was built to bring in the dressed sandstone used in the construction of the house but the 1876 Ordnance survey map shows that a pier already existed at the site. In 1899 the numbers of sheep were reduced and the land was managed as a deer park. The estate is still in the possession of the Stewart family who have restored the house and run a self-catering holiday business. The age of the old track, that linked Kinlochmoidart and Glenuig before the modern A861 was opened in 1966, is unknown. Since the path passes close to the Iron-age fort of An Dun it is easy to believe that it existed from early times but documentary evidence has proved difficult to find. In the C19th and early C20th it was used to drive livestock to and from the market at Salen15. The brothers Archie and Angus MacDougall of Egnaig were employed to maintain it in the first half of the C20th16
Size: 5620px × 3733px
Location: Ardmolich, Kinlocmoidart, Lochaber, Inverness-shire, Highland Region. Scotland.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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