Township: Gott

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 : Gaelic

Informants: Angus MacLean, Scarinish, 10/1995

Informant 2: Donald MacIntyre, Gott, 12/1995

Informant 3: Mary Ann MacDonald, Heanish, 5/1996