Lairg
Under ‘Map Sources’ entries such as ‘Dep.313/3624/7’ or ‘ Acc.10225/124’ refer to maps in the National Library of Scotland which appear in their online Digital Map Library. See accompanying text file for fuller descriptions.
| Name | Value | Date | Grid Ref | Map Sources | Other forms, comments etc |
| Shinness | 1½ davachs
9d |
1509-10
1623 |
NC 5314 | Blaeu(Sutherland) | ‘1½ dalwati de Scuenes’ at £3 (4½m) rent in ER XIII p 264 1509-10. This suggests each davach rented at 3m. =Smeshesh of Blaeu?
=1½ davachs. Broch. 18d in Dep.313/1598 1625. |
| Lairg | 4 davachs
3 davachs
18d |
1275
1509-10 1623 |
NC 5806 | Blaeu(Sutherland) | Largge. This may have included 1 davach which later became a separate farm.
Westir Larg and Largestir are each given as 1½ davachs in 1509-10 (at £3 rent each). The 18d of 1623 is divided into 9d of Wester Lairg & 9d of Eister Lairg. Easter Lairg in Blaeu. 9d Waster & 18d Ester in Dep.313/1598 1625. |
| Claonel | 1½ davachs
9d |
1607
1607 |
NC 5604 | Blaeu(Sutherland)
Gordon(10) Roy(FC) |
Clyneoill in RS36/2/288r 1607. Clevoll in ER XIII p 267 1509-10 – at £3 rent which implies 1½ davachs. Linked with ‘Pittarchosie with the Ord thairof’ in 1623. Clinol in Blaeu.
9d in Dep.313/1598 1625. |
| The Ord | ½ davach | 1509-10
|
NC 5705 | 20s rent in ER XIII p 267 1509-10 which implies ½ a davach.
See under Pitarxie below but also under Gruids. It may be that we should prefer the evidence of 1554 to that of 1623. Broch. |
|
| Plaid | 1 davach
6d |
1607
1607 |
c. NC 5702 | Blaeu(Sutherland)
Gordon(10) Thomson(1823) |
Plaidis (barony of Grwid) – RS36/2/278r 1607. RS36/2/279r 1607.
Plaidis (barony of Gruid) – RS36/2/286v 1607. ER XIII p 267 1509-10 gives a 40s rent which implies 1 davach. 6d in Dep.313/1598 1625. 6d Playd in NLS Dep 313/3312 1674. =1 davach. Plaids is SW of Clinol in Blaeu. E of R. Shin in Thomson. |
| Pitfuir
= Baile Fuir? |
9d |
1623 |
NC 5602 |
Gordon (10)
Blaeu(Sutherland) Forbes(1820) Thomson(1823) |
ER XIII p 267 1509-10 gives a £3 rent which implies 1½ davachs.
=1½ davachs. 9d in Dep.313/1598 1625. Petfouir in Gordon (10). Petfuir is W side of river from Achindowick in Gordon & Blaeu. See also under Gruids below. |
| Achany |
3d |
1607 |
NC 5601 | Blaeu(Sutherland)
Gordon(10)
|
ER XIII pp 266-7 1509-10 gives Auchechane a 20s rent which implies ½ a davach. 3d in RS36/2/161r 1607, RS36/2/166r 1607.
=½ davach. Achanie in Blaeu. 3d in Dep.313/1598. |
| Kinvonvie |
15d |
1623 |
NC 6006 | Blaeu(Sutherland)
Gordon(10)
|
ER XIII p 266 1509-10 gives Kynnochy a £3 rent which implies 1½ davachs. 15d in Dep.313/1598 1625.
=2½ davachs. Kinmonowie in 1623. Kinmo(n)obie in Blaeu. |
| Torroble |
6d |
1623 |
NC 5804 | Blaeu(Sutherland)
Gordon(10) Dep.313/3623/5 |
ER XIII p 266 1509-10 gives Torrebole a 40s rent which implies 1 davach. 6d Torboll in Dep.313/1598.
=1 davach. Torbo (1623). Torrebol in Blaeu. |
| Gruids | NC 5603 | Blaeu(Sutherland)
Roy(FC) |
Baronie of Gruids in Blaeu. See below. | ||
| Dola |
6d |
1623 |
NC 6007 | Blaeu(Sutherland)
Acc.10225/124 Acc.10225/140 Acc.10225/130 Acc.10225/131 |
ER XIII p 266 1509-10 gives Dolay a 40s rent which implies 1 davach. Listed in parish of Lairg in 1623. With Lairg properties as 6d in Dep.313/1598 1625. OPS II, II p 721 gives it in Rogart. Described as in Breachat in OPS II, II p 721.
Dowlay in Retours (Sutherland) (15) 1692. |
| Midpenny | 1d | 1808 | NC 5515 | Dep.313/3624/7 | Presumably worth 1d. Ketteringham p 257. |
| Culmaily | NC 5906 | ||||
| Pitarxie
& Ord |
1½ davachs
9d |
1607
1607 |
NC 5703
NC 5705 |
9d Pittarkasie & Ord extending to 1½ davachs in RS36/2/286v 1607. ER XIII p 267 gives Pettarkisse a 40s rent which implies 1 davach. ‘Pittarchosie with the Ord thairof & Mil’ was 9d in 1623 (& linked with Clinol). 9d with the Ord in Dep.313/1598 1625.
9d Petterkassie in NLS Dep.313/3312 1674. The Ord will be that specified above at NC 5705. Since the Ord was probably ½ a davach Pitarxie itself would be a davach. But see also under Gruids below. |
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| Saval | >=1d | 1638 | NC 5808/5908 | 1d in RMS IX (880) 1639 on original of 1638.
1d in GD305/1/87/108 1665, penny lands in Savoll in GD305/1/118/468 of 1665, 1d in GD305/1/74/83 of 1666. Saboll in Retours (Sutherland) (15) 1692. |
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| Sallachy | (½ davach) | 1509-10 | NC 5408 | Blaeu(Sutherland)
Gordon(10) |
20s rent in ER XIII p 267 1509-10 which implies ½ a davach.
RMS IX (880) 1639 on original of 1638. Broch. |
| Brae Chat | Blaeu(Sutherland) | Brae Chatt in Blaeu. See below. | |||
| Aqhaqhasse | See below. | ||||
| Astraydaill | See below. | ||||
| Forest of Dirimeenach | 1607 | RS36/2/288r 1607. NB RMS IX (880) 1639 on original of 1638 for grazing rules. | |||
| Total | c. 15½
davachs |
The total of 90d in 1623 suggests 15 davachs. |
Lairg
In 1275 Largge is given as 4 davachs which suggests that one davach became detached between 1275 & 1509. 3 davachs of Lairg in 1611 (NLS 313/477 p 284, quoted in Bangor-Jones p 157).
Gruids
OPS II, II p 698 states that in 1554 Walter Seytoun resigned the lands of Grwde extending to 7 davachs, namely:
Clunok (Clinol=9d), Pettarquhasty (Pitarxie=9d), the Ord of Petfure (Pitfuir=9d) with the mill, Auchanne (3d) and Plaid (6d).
After each farm I have added in brackets the pennyland valuation in 1623. These total 36d or 6 davachs (although Pitfuir may not have been included). Perhaps Gruid itself was the seventh davach.
On this (1554) reading the Ord is associated with Pitfuir rather than Pitarxie (as in 1623).
Bangor-Jones p 157 (quoting NLS 175/85) says that the barony of Gruids was known as ‘the 6 daaches of Gruid’ in 1682 but that the tenants’ possessions were calculated in pennylands.
The Barony of Gruids was extensive. Thomson’s map of Sutherland in 1823 (EMS.s.712(26)) marks Shealings of Gruides, Point of Gruides, Shealings of Gruides taking up much of the west bank of Loch Shin.
Brae Chat
Literally ‘the heights of (the province of) Cat’ – which was Caithness + Sutherland. NE of Loch Shin in Blaeu. Contained the forest of Dirimeanigh (OPS II, II p 697). For discussion see text file ‘The Geography of Sutherland’.
Aqhaqhasse
OPS II, II p 698 suggests this property was in Lairg parish. I think it was probaby Astle in Dornoch parish – part of the Torboll estate.
Astraydaill in Brachat
OPS II, II p 699 fn 2 gives a reference to the lands of Astraydaill in Brachat which ‘seem to lie in Lairg’. This is problematic because other references to these lands imply Astle in Dornoch. (See Torboll table under column ‘h’ for discussion).
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