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Latitude: 57.7184 / 57°43'6"N
Longitude: -7.1586 / 7°9'30"W
OS Eastings: 92957
OS Northings: 881548
OS Grid: NF929815
Mapcode National: GBR 88QB.1W4
Mapcode Global: WGW2V.08FB
Plus Code: 9C9JPR9R+9H
Entry Name: Ty Cymro, Ruisgarry, Berneray, Isle of North Uist
Listing Name: Ty Cymro, Ruisigearraidh, Beàrnaraigh na Hearadh, Uibhist a Tuath / Ty Cymro, Ruisgarry, Berneray, Isle of North Uist
Listing Date: 5 October 1971
Last Amended: 15 March 2021
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 393271
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB46100
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Harris, Bernaray, Thatched Cottage At Laimrig Ruadh
ID on this website: 200393271
Location: Harris
County: Na h-Eileanan Siar
Electoral Ward: Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath
Parish: Harris
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
Tagged with: Thatched cottage
A ruinous former dwelling (at NF 92965 81559) is adjacent to the northeast gable wall and may historically have been attached to this cottage.
These vernacular buildings, once prolific across Na h-Eileanan Siar, are now extremely rare. Ty Cymro continues to show regional traditional building methods and materials and retains a significant proportion of its historic fabric, vernacular form and character. Notable features include the thick rubble and battered walls and thatched roof secured with stone weights. Together with North Lamerick (see LB46102) and Taigh Ailean (see LB46101), Ty Cymro is part of a close-knit group of similar properties at Laimrig Ruadh.
It is one of only 54 buildings or groups of buildings in Na h-Eileanan Siar that are known to retain a thatched roof, and is among a very small number of surviving thatched buildings across Scotland. A Survey of Thatched Buildings in Scotland, published in 2016 by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), found there were only around 200 buildings of this type remaining, most of which are found in small rural communities. Thatched buildings are often traditionally built, showing distinctive local and regional building methods and materials. Those that survive are important in helping us understand these traditional skills and an earlier way of life.
List description updated in 2009 to describe ruinous building as a cottage rather than byre. Statutory address and listed building record revised in 2021 as part of the Thatched Buildings Listing Review. Previously listed as 'Berneray Thatched Cottage at Laimrig Ruadh at OS Grid Reference NF 92957 81549'
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