Lynelish

[J11]

I have come across a couple of references to the word "Lynelish", referring to a place just up the Dulnain from Dulnain Bridge - a mention in the Lauder book on the flood of 1829 and then a parliamentary report on repairing the bulwarks at Lynelish after the floods.  I also noticed a distillery history at Brora saying that they had built the 19thC building next to the "old lynelish".  Can anyone tell me what a lynelish was?

[ev]

Hi ,

I see from maps there are references to Clynelish at Brora -

http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=58.0225&lon=-3.8713&layers=6



ev

[Skoosh]

  Clynelish, Clyne means a declivity I think, Lios is an enclosure/garden, Lyne could be from Lann which is also an enclosure/stackyard/church/ . Needs a Gael mebbes.

Skoosh.

[J11]

Thanks for the replies.  On a site on the history of the distilleries, it has the following entry on Clynelish:

Clynelish Highland: BRORA, SUTHERLAND, 1967-1968  Built by SMD. New distillery beside the old lynelish, now renamed Brora.

[Forfarian]

Thanks for the replies.  On a site on the history of the distilleries, it has the following entry on Clynelish:

Clynelish Highland: BRORA, SUTHERLAND, 1967-1968  Built by SMD. New distillery beside the old lynelish, now renamed Brora.

That looks to me like a typographical error - as if someone has been careless and has left off the C.

[larkspur3]

Lynlish is the name of a farm right near Grantown. As in :

Bankruptcy: Alexander Watson, farmer at Lynlish, in the county of Moray, and one of the Partners of the Caledonian Banking Company.

I'll see if I can find a map that has it.

Laura

[larkspur3]

It looks like it is now called Muckrach Lodge from these entries in the NAS:

Hay accounts settled by James Grant of Heathfield [factor to Sir James Grant of Grant] with Captain Grant of Rippachie, at Lynlish of Muckrach

Plan of Lenleish [Muckrach Lodge]: [1860s].

[J11]

Thank you very much.  I'd found it on Roy's Military Survey so knew it had existed.  Muckrach Lodge is in near enough the right spot.  Roy had it between Muckrach Castle and Finlarrig.  It looks as if it was redeveloped and became the hunting lodge in the 1860s.  When I'm next in Edinburgh I'll dig out the NAS plans.  Thanks.

[Forfarian]

See http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=57.3081&lon=-3.6180&layers=3

also
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=57.3046&lon=-3.6938&layers=6
and
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=57.3046&lon=-3.6938&layers=5
which suggests that what is now Muckrach Lodge was also known as Muckrach House for a time.

These days Muckrach Lodge is a hotel http://www.muckrach.com/
and the castle has been restored http://www.muckrachcastle.co.uk/ and can be rented for a short stay.