Gairloch, Torridon, Wester Ross

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
Aug 1948
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Gairloch. Thatched Croft. Morning sun'. View of a single-storey croft house with thatched roof and rubblestone walls, at Strath. There is an outbuilding behind it and an extension on the right. A stream flows past it. Other croft houses are dotted over the hillside and a drystane dyke extends far up the hill.
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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
A location next to a stream was valuable as originally there would be no piped water. The cottage was called 'Druim na Darach' or 'bank of oaks'. The name may suggest the area was more wooded in the past. The house is typical of 19th and early 20th century croft houses. Good quality thatch was wind and rain proof and lasted for several years. When it was replaced, the old thatch could be used as fertiliser on the fields.
Accession number
P38887

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