Township: Hynish

Map Reference: Hynish j

Name Type: building

Meaning: Coal store

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The walled area beyond Alan Stevenson House.

The stores, barracks for up to 100 men, magazine for gunpowder and walled gardens built 1836-8 by Mr Scott, the foreman. A large coal shed for the supply of the steamer. Account of the Skerryvore Lighthouse by Alan Stevenson, 1848, 102

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Languages : Gaelic

Informants: Lachlan MacFarlane, Hynish,11/1995