Beaton's Cottage

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Beaton's Cottage
Beaton's Croft
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The cottage in 2008
Location40 Bornesketaig, Skye
Scotland
Coordinates 57°39′00″N6°23′47″W / 57.649996°N 6.396351°W / 57.649996; -6.396351 Coordinates: 57°39′00″N6°23′47″W / 57.649996°N 6.396351°W / 57.649996; -6.396351
Builtc. 1880;141 years ago (1880)
Listed Building – Category A
Designated5 October 1971
Reference no.LB7240
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Beaton's Cottage (also known as Beaton's Croft) is a croft dwelling in Bornesketaig, Isle of Skye, Scotland, near the island's northern tip. A Category A listed, it was built around 1880 [1] and is in "quite excellent condition". [2] It is a single-storey construction, three bays with centre door, of whitewashed rubble with rounded corners. It has small four-pane windows, with one similar window in the rear, gable-end chimney stacks and a piended thatched roof. A single-storey byre of same build is lit by two skylights. [2]

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