Overview
Craigton, Cruck Cottage is the exact Historic Environment Scotland record for a named whole cruck-framed cottage in Highland. The supporting saved type component is Cruck Framed Cottage (post Medieval). The source gives its period wording as post Medieval. The saved record identifies the place without supplying safe names for its owners or residents.
Why it was built
The official record identifies Craigton, Cruck Cottage with the exact type wording Cruck Framed Cottage (post Medieval). The source gives its period wording as post Medieval. The saved words support a dwelling account but do not safely name its builder or first owner.
People and work
The exact type records a place made for people to live in. The saved row does not safely identify particular residents, servants, tenants or work carried out inside Craigton, Cruck Cottage.
How it changed
The record supplies the exact name, type and mapped point for Craigton, Cruck Cottage, but it does not establish a sequence of rebuilding, extension or change. No such stages are invented here.
What survives
Historic Environment Scotland keeps a distinct place record for Craigton, Cruck Cottage. This saved information does not say which walls, rooms, fittings or other parts still survive.
Why it mattered
Craigton, Cruck Cottage matters as a named cruck-framed cottage tied to a precise place in Highland. Alongside other homes, it helps show the pattern and kinds of Scottish dwelling recorded there without borrowing unsupported family stories.
History checked 16 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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