Gairloch, Torridon, Wester Ross

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
Aug 1948
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Gairloch. The Shore, Strath'. View of a rocky shore with single-storey stone-built houses. A 'cailleach' (old woman) dressed in black is outside her cottage, which has skylights in the roof. There is no road to the houses, only a footpath. There is a winch to the left, for hauling up boats.
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Munn Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Aug 1948
Subject place
Gairloch/Highland
Subject notes
For long after the houses were built, the absence of an access road would not be a problem. No-one would own a car and before that, few had carts. People had few possessions and what they had rarely needed to be transported anywhere. Sea was the easiest form of transport. The skylights probably mean that there would be two small bedrooms upstairs in the attic. There is a wooden hut to the right of the cottages. It may be an outside toilet.
Accession number
P38882

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