Map Reference: Gott u
Name Type: building
Meaning: The big barn of the manse
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Information: Built by Rev Neil MacLean, and the only example of a "Dutch" barn on Tiree, with hay kept on the top floor with trap doors to throw it down to the cattle. The Department of Agriculture planted a test site next to the barn in the 1970s - DMcI.
They used to hold cattle sales here - MAMcD.
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Languages : GaelicInformants: Angus MacLean, Scarinish, 10/1995
Informant 2: Donald MacIntyre, Gott, 12/1995
Informant 3: Mary Ann MacDonald, Heanish, 5/1996
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