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Latitude: 57.6203 / 57°37'13"N
Longitude: -6.393 / 6°23'34"W
OS Eastings: 137788
OS Northings: 867425
OS Grid: NG377674
Mapcode National: GBR B8LL.4J9
Mapcode Global: WGY5V.RQWK
Plus Code: 9C9MJJC4+4Q
Entry Name: Steading, Monkstadt House, Skye
Listing Name: Monkstadt House and Steading
Listing Date: 5 October 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 339088
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7247
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200339088
Location: Kilmuir
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Eilean á Chèo
Parish: Kilmuir
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Circa 1730. Roofless 2 storey, 5 bay house; long elevations north/ south. Rubble with chamfered ashlar dressings. Centre doors to both symmetrical long elevations (north doorway later insertion in original window); closer set windows in outer bays ground and 1st floors. Stair window centre, north front; remains of gable ruinous, gable additions. Remains of some later window insertions; also of projecting porch, south front.
Steading: New Barn, James Gillespie (Graham), 1803-4. U-plan steading range; rubble with some harling, ashlar dressings, slate roofs. Single wide, depressed cart arch to symmetrical cart-shed/stable range. Barn to centre range with east/west threshing floor and pair opposite winnowing door ways. Raised circular horse-walk to west with gearing and arm for 2 horses. Several single storey, 3 bay farm servants' houses.
House built by Macdonald of Duntulm after vacating castle as place of residence. Visited by Flora Macdonald and Prince Charles Edward, disguised as "Betty Burk" her maid, when they landed June 29th, 1746 from Benbecula.
New Barn, together with repairs to "Migstead House" cost $920.
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