Rogart Table

Rogart

Under ‘Map Sources’ entries such as ‘Dep.313/3616/14’ or ‘Acc.10225/136’ refer to maps in the National Library of Scotland which appear in their online Digital Map Library. See accompanying text file for full descriptions.

Name	Value	Date	Grid Ref	Map Sources	Other forms, comments etc
Eiden	6d	1712	NC 7300	Dep.313/3616/14 Dep.313/3616/21	Dep.313/2101 gives 2d & then 4d in Idine in 1712. Dep.313/3616/8, Dep.313/3616/15, Dep.313/3616/10
Kintraid	1 davach	1633	c. NC 7201	Blaeu(Sutherland) Dep.313/3616/8	ER XIII p 267 1509-10 gives a 40s rent which implies 1 davach. Kintrdid in Blaeu – S. side R Fleet. Between Eiden and Davochbeg. Adam, I, p 69. See below.
Davochbeg	(1 davach)	1509-10	NC 7201	Forbes (1820) Burnett & Scott Dep.313/3616/22 Dep.313/3616/10	ER XIII p 267 1509-10 gives a 40s rent which implies 1 davach. Either the davach was physically small or a part called Davachmor has been lost. Dep.313/3616/8.
Pittentrail	(1 davach)	1509-10	NC 7202	Dep.313/3616/8 Dep.313/3616/19	ER XIII p 266 1509-10 gives Petrale a 40s rent which implies 1 davach.
Rhaoine	1 davach   6d	1509-10 1623	NC 6405	Blaeu(Sutherland)	Reyne (1509-10), Reyn in Blaeu   Rein & Revynie Dep.313/1598.
Muie	1 davach   6d	1509-10 1623	NC 6704	Blaeu(Sutherland) Dep.313/3616/7	Moy Moy in Blaeu. Moyis. Dep.313/1598.
Langwell	1 davach   (6d)	1670   1623	NC 7206 (East) NC 6908 (West)	Acc.10225/136 Acc.10225/137 Acc.10225/138	ER XIII p 266 1509-10 gives Langvell a 40s rent which implies 1 davach. Langvell and Petrale (Pittentrail) then belonged to Andrew Kynnard. ½ Langwall was 3d in 1623 & in Dep.313/1598. See below.
(Knock) Lirable		1495	NC 6909/7009	Acc.10225/137 Acc.10225/138	GD96/8 1495. See below.
Rogart Rogartmoir   Rogart Little	2 davachs 12d (1 davach)	1639 1623 1509-10	NC 7303	Dep.313/3591/2	See also OPS II, II pp 675-6. Rogartmoir RMS IV (1669) 1565. Numerous references from 1639 – see below. (Of which 12d) – 6d wadset, 3d Minister’s glebe, 3d rented. ER XIII p 266 1509-10 gives Roart Litill a 40s rent which implies 1 davach. The whole of Rogart was 3 davachs or 1 ounceland.
Rogart Kirk ?	1 davach?	1544	NC 731012 ?	Blaeu(Sutherland) Dep.313/3591/2	Rogertkyrk paid 23m ‘old ferme’ in 1544 (OPS II, II p 721) which suggests it was at least 1 davach. Rogart K is marked in Blaeu(Sutherland) but without a church symbol. St Callan’s Chapel, NC 731012. N of river.
Achnacurran	¾d	1770			GD1/400/4/2 p 3.
Banscol	½d	1787	NC 7407/7408		Banskile in Dep.313/81 Decreet of Sale of Skelbo 1787.
Pitfure Pitfure (West) Pitfure (East)	(1½ davachs)	1509-10	NC 7003 NC 7103	Roy (FC) Dep.313/3616/6 Dep.313/3616/18	ER XIII p 266 1509-10 gives Petfur a £3 rent which implies 1½ davachs. Pitfuir with Knokartholl (Knockarthur) in 1578 (OPS II, II p 721).
Inchcape	(½ davach)	1509-10	NC 6903	Dep.313/3616/6	ER XIII p 267 1509-10 gives Inchekep a 20s rent which implies ½ a davach.
Rossal	(1 davach)	1509-10	NC 6803	Blaeu(Sutherland) Dep.313/3616/6	ER XIII p 267 1509-10 gives Rossole a 40s rent which implies 1 davach. Rossol in Blaeu.
Acheilidh	(1 davach)	1509-10	NC 6603	Blaeu(Sutherland) Dep.313/3616/7	ER XIII p 267 1509-10 gives Auchavelle a 40s rent which implies 1 davach. Achevelie in Blaeu.
Blarich	1 davach     3d	1581     1587	NC 6904	Dep.313/3616/6	ER XIII p 266 1509-10 gives Blaroch a 40s rent which implies 1 davach. Blary in Dep.313/87 Bundle 12 No’s 113 & 114 1581. Blariche in Dep.313/87 Bundle 12 No 125 1597. 3d Blarocht in Sutherland Book III No 112 1587.
Leataidh (or Lettie)	1½ davachs	1581	NC 6805	Forbes (1820)	ER XIII p 266 1509-10 gives Lathy a £3 rent which implies 1½ davachs. 1½ davachs Leadye/Laydy in Dep.313/87 Bundle 12 No’s 113 & 114 1581. 1½ davachs Leadie in RS38/3/119r 1666.
Morness	(2 davachs) 12d	1509-10 1787	NC 7105		ER XIII p 266 1509-10 gives Morynes a £4 rent which implies 2 davachs. NB Clashpeanan at NC 7104. See below.
Dalmore			NC 7103	Dep.313/3616/6 Dep.313/3616/8	RS38/3/119r 1666 gives Dalmoir as a pendicle of Kinald (Dornoch parish). It implies Dalmoir was in Golspie parish.
Rovie Rovie Kirkton   Rovie Cragtoun	(1 davach) (1 davach)	1509-10 1509-10	NC 7102	Blaeu(Sutherland) Dep.313/3616/20   Dep.313/3616/8	ER XIII p 267 1509-10 gives Rowe Kirktoune a 40s rent which implies 1 davach. ER XIII p 267 1509-10 gives Rowe Cragtoun a 40s rent which implies 1 davach.
Craggie (N. of R. Fleet)   Craggie	½ davach   3d	1509-10 1623	NC 6206/6306	Blaeu(Sutherland) Acc.10225/140	Cragg gave 20s rent. Cragy in Blaeu. GD128/47/8/6. See also Acc.10225/124.
Knockarthur	(1½ davachs) 12d (or 2 davachs)	1509-10 1787	NC 7506	Blaeu(Sutherland)	ER XIII p 266 1509-10 gives Knokartnall a £3 rent which implies 1½ davachs. Knok-Artol in Blaeu. Bangor-Jones p 161 quoting NLS Dep.313/81 1787. 12d = 2 davachs. Components as follows:
Achork	1d	1787	NC 7505	Dep.313/3616/24
Tannachy	1d	1787	NC 7508
Rhilochan	1d	1787	NC 7407
Dalreavoch	1d	1787	NC 7408/7508
Shunaval	2d	1787			Presumably for Seana-bhaile (Old-Town)
Inchomnie	3d	1787	NC 7406	Roy (FC)
Achuveran	½d	1787			? Achavoan NC 7505
Achogheil	½d	1787
Breakachy	2d	1787
Craggie (Strath Brora) Craigie Broray	3d	1623	NC 7308/7408	Roy (FC)	= ½ davach – GD128/47/8/6. Dep.313/1598.
Craggiemore	½d	1787	NC 7308		Dep.313/81 Decreet of Sale of Skelbo 1787.
Craggie Beg	2d	1787	NC 7408		Dep.313/81 Decreet of Sale of Skelbo 1787.
Croic	½d	1787	NC 7209		Croik in Dep.313/81 Decreet of Sale of Skelbo 1787
Grumby			NC 7109
Braegrudie	3d	1787	NC 7109	Roy (FC)	North of R. Brora. See below.
Grudie (of Brora) Grodybrorak Grudy   Grudie Broray	1 davach (1½ davachs) 9d	1360 1509-10 1623	NC 7408	Roy (FC)	See below. Part of 16 davachs of Torboll. ER XIII p 267 1509-10 gives a £3 rent which implies 1½ davachs. (By 1509 it had probably gained a ½ davach from another farm). 3d of this was ‘ley’ (i.e. uncultivated) in 1623. Dep.313/1598.
Whien	1 davigh	17thC	?		GD128/47/8/4 p6 – ‘teind within the Chancellierie’. Chancellor had teinds of the Skelbo properties within Rogart. Is this Rhaoine?
A’ Mhèirle			NC 6204/6304	Roy (FC) Forbes (1820)	Marlig in Roy. Marlick in Forbes. Broch. See below.
Cnoc a’ Cheathraimh/ Kerrow	1½d	1787	NC 7608/7609	Roy (FC) Thomson (1823)	See below. Dep.313/81 Decreet of Sale of Skelbo, 1787, p 196. 1½d = ¼ davach
Leathad Chleansaid			NC 6116/6117	NLS EMS.b.2.153	Grazing above upper part of R. Brora. A’ Chleansaid itself may have been in Lairg parish (over the watershed). Associated with Morrich (?Morvich, Golspie) in Dep.313/81 Decreet of Sale of Skelbo 1787.
Total	25¾ davachs				Reckoning 6d =1 davach.

 

 

 

There are a number of smaller settlements which are named in the early nineteenth-century maps and records but for which I have no assessments. I have not included them all in the above table. See, for example: NLS Dep.313/3616/5 Contents of part of Strathfleet, surveyed 1813; Dep.313/3616/6 Strathfleet, No 1; Dep.313/3616/7 Strathfleet, No 2.

 

Kintraid

NLS Dep.313/242 Items 30-31, 35-7 (1614-1633) refer to the west ½ davach of Kintraid and the davach of Kintraid.

 

Langwell

Langwell is complicated. When it first appears in 1509-10 it bears a rental of 40s which implies a davach (or 6d). It then belonged to Andrew Kineard or Kynnard of Skelbo. It looks to have been halved by 1562 (Sutherland Book III No 98). ‘Dabeich’ land of Langwell in Dep.313/256 No 115 1670. ½ of davach of Languoll in RS36/2/112r 1606. 1623 rental implies it was then divided into two halves of 3d each. Half seems to have later belonged to the Dempsters who owned the Estate of Skibo. It is referred to as 3d in NLS Dep.313/261/1 & 2 1836, Dep.313/261/3 & 4 1837, Dep.313/261/5 1862. It may have been the neighbour of, or included, Knock Lirable (below). On today’s maps there is an extensive area between East and West Langwell. See also SHS Sutherland Estate Management Vol 1 pp xii, 73, 232-3 and map in end-pocket.

 

(Knock) Lirable

This place name appears in the neighbouring map sheets of NLS Acc.10225/137 & 138: Plans of Langwell (no’s xvii & xviii), c. 1770. GD96/8 1495 refers to lands in Clyne and “fortouris of Lyriboll”. (It is difficult to be certain of the meaning of ‘fortouris’ but it might mean slopes – perhaps with the sense of shieling-slopes. See Watson CPNS pp 509-512). There is a Learable in Kildonan parish but that seems too far away to be relevant. It is more likely there was once a Lirable in Rogart parish – just north of what is now West Langwell. This would be reachable from Strath Brora which runs up from Clyne. As with similar sites in Kildonan parish (Learable, Gailiable, Eldrable) it looks as if the Old Norse suffix of -ból (farm) has been changed into the ending -able over time. It appears as Cnoc Eirible in NLS EMS.b.2.139 1853 (Burnett & Scott) and again in NLS Dep.313/3613 (1855, Burnett, Scott & Morrison). It possibly became Cnoc na Fardaich in OS 6″ 1st Series, Sutherland Sheet XCVI, 1872. See also Langwell above.

 

Rogart

NLS Dep.313/255 Rogart Box VII, Bundle 15, No’s 97-100, 102-105 (1639-1653). NLS Dep.313/256 Rogart Box VII, Bundle 16, No’s 111-114 (1594-1649). NLS Dep.313/1598 1625 Rogart Moir 12d. 2 ‘danach’ lands of Rogartmoir in GD 305/1/87/108 1665.

GD1/400/4/2 p 2, Gray Papers, Rental of the Estate of Rogart, 1761 gives components. Also in NLS Dep.313/255 Rogart Box VII, Bundle 15 (1767-9).

3d = ½ Little Rogart in NLS Dep.313/81 Decreet of Sale of Skelbo, 1787, p 212.

 

Morness

NLS Dep.313/81 Decreet of Sale of Skelbo, 1787, gives two listings of the 12d of Moriness/Morness on pp 163 & 207. The 12d (= 2 davachs) consisted of Mains, Breakachy, Balinreich, Rhiandegy/Rhiandogy, Crochvray/Colivray, Torisade/Torrisade, Torbreak.

Sellar’s report 1811, (SHS Sutherland Estate Management Vol 1 Report by P Sellar 1811, Section V, Lands in Parish of Rogart, pp 76-78) gives Morness comprising 1) Fourpenny land, Badlurgan, Balfruich; 2) Torbreak; 3) Forrisaid [read Torrisaid?]; 4) Brachie; 5) Bualrurich; 6) Upper Croitcroy; 7) Lower Croitcroy, part of Brandogie¹; 8) Remainder of Brandogie¹ (fn1 Rectius Rhiandogie).

 

Braegrudie

NLS Dep.313/81 Decreet of Sale of Skelbo, 1787, gives two listings of the 3d of Braegrudy/Braegrudie on pp 163 & 206. It comprised Torrie/Torie, Lauchin/Larichin, and Dalghorn.

 

Grudie (of Brora)

NLS Dep.313/81 Decreet of Sale of Skelbo, 1787, gives two listings of the 6d of Grudy on pp 163 & 205. Grudy then included Rhyar/Ryar, Coweig/Cowaig, Brattan and Milntoun.

 

Cnoc a’ Cheathraimh/Kerrow

Cnoc a’ Cheathraimh at NC 7608/7609 is probably the name behind the farm of Kerrow which appears in NLS Dep.313/3596/1 1815. The last element of the place-name refers to a quarterland.

Roy (FC) gives Kerryna(m)anoch S. of the river and Kerryna(eaouck?) N. of River Brora – both W. of Shiboskagg (Sciberscross). Easter Kerrow appears under Rogart in Sellar’s Report of 1811 (SHS Sutherland Estate Management Vol 1 Report by P Sellar 1811, Section V, Lands in Parish of Rogart, p 80). Wester Kerrow appears in 1808 & 1815 under Rogart (SHS Sutherland Estate Management Vol 1 pp 232-3). However Easter Kerrow also appears under Clyne parish (SHS Sutherland Estate Management Vol 1 p 97 & pp 218-219). It is plainly the same place so either the farm was split or there was some ambiguity about the parish boundary between Rogart and Clyne.

 

A’ Mhèirle

Mearlig in SHS Sutherland Estate Management Vol 1 Report by P Sellar 1811, Section V, Lands in Parish of Rogart, p 81; and Marlick in 1802 (p 239 No 13).