Building record MAB5556 - CREAGAN A CHAIT, TOPLIS COTTAGE
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Summary
Cottage or small farmstead, depicted on historic OS maps.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 2237 1518 (75m by 58m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ21NW |
| Authority | Moray |
| Civil Parish | Kirkmichael |
Type and Period (4)
Full Description
Cottage or small farmstead, depicted on historic OS maps. The OS 1st edition map shows a single rectangular building, The 2nd edition OS shows two rectangular structures, each within an enclosure. The smaller to the west, if a building, is unroofed. Current maps indicate the eastern building to be still in use, with a complex of sheep pens to the west. Recent aerial coverage shows the building to the west to be ruinous, and what appears to be the remains of a third building. The building to the west is ruinous. This is claimed to be the cottage used as a hiding place during World War I by Percy Toplis 'whose exploits as a first world war confidence trickster and impersonator have been somewhat exaggeratedly written up in The Monocled Mutineer'.
PECK, EH, 1983, AVONSIDE EXPLORED: A GUIDE TO TOMINTOUL AND GLENLIVET, pp.43-4 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1489.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: MOR;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ21NW0038;
External Links (0)
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SAB1489 Bibliographic reference: PECK, EH. 1983. AVONSIDE EXPLORED: A GUIDE TO TOMINTOUL AND GLENLIVET. pp.43-4.
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Record last edited
Nov 21 2023 2:05PM
