
What is recorded here
Marianne and her brother built a kitchen, bedroom and bathroom, then climbed the rock to watch rain strike the sea. They lived beside the fort instead of digging through it, sharing the island with its older guns and forgotten rooms. The house still stands because love and pride can build on rock when certainty is missing.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Colonsay, Loch An Sgoltaire as Artillery Fortification (17th Century), Castle (medieval)(possible), Summerhouse (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Colonsay, Port Nam FliuchanCave (nil Antiquity) · 697 yd
Colonsay, Colonsay House Grounds, GatesGate(s) (19th Century) · 737 yd
Port nam FliuchanBay · 971 yd
Colonsay, Colonsay HouseChapel (early Medieval), Cist (prehistoric) - (early Medieval), House (18th Century), Human Remains (period Unknown) · 1019 yd
Colonsay House, GardensGarden(s) (18th Century) · 1092 yd
Beinn BhreacMountain / peak · 1257 yd
Kiloran BayCist (period Unknown)(possible) · 1289 yd
Tràigh BànBeach / strand · 1708 yd
Port BanBay · 1758 yd
ColonsayIsland · 1.1 mi
Beinn nan GudaireanMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.0 miOther information
Photo: Alpin Stewart · CC BY-SA 2.0