Longhill Cottage, near Whithorn

[Erato]

My ggg-grandfather, John Conning, and his family were recorded at Longhill Cottage, Glasserton Parish, Wigtownshire in 1841 and 1851.  In 1845, this was described as "a small, neat cottage in good repair on Long Hill on the estate of S.H. Stewart Esq. of Glasserton" [Wigtownshire OS Name Books, 1845-1849 Wigtownshire, volume 84].

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01otm/

A dwelling of this name can be seen on the 1896 ordnance map, between Whithorn and Glasserton and, on Google Earth, I can see that there is a building at exactly that location today:  54°43'20.22"N,  4°26'18.33"W.

https://maps.nls.uk/view/75680268

Is there any kind RootsChatter who lives in or near Whithorn who could swing by to see if the original cottage is still there and, if so, snap a picture of it?

[Forfarian]

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17&lat=54.7221&lon=-4.4375&layers=6&right=BingHyb suggests that it still stands.

It is also listed in the post code directory, meaning that it is still lived in.

[Mike in Cumbria]

If the cottage was on the north side of that lane end, it appears to have been replaced by a more modern bungalow.

[Mike in Cumbria]

Just south of the junction, on the other side of the road is an older cottage

[Mike in Cumbria]

Here in relation to each other.

[Erato]

Thanks to both of you.  It's hard to say.  The ordnance map shows houses at both locations in 1896 - just north of the lane leading to the farm and a little to the south on the opposite side of the road.  It would be nice to think that the older cottage was the exact one where gg-grandma was born but I guess I'll have to be content with knowing where they lived within a few yards one way or the other.

[Forfarian]

The post code directory lists Longhill Farm, Longhill Cottage and Longhill Bungalow, so I think you can be reasonably sure that the old one is the place where your ggma was born.

[Ruskie]

The label is slightly different on this map indicating that Long Hill Cottage is the house on the corner:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17.780895738115962&lat=54.7221&lon=-4.4385&layers=168&right=BingHyb

[Erato]

Actually, I was a bit inaccurate in saying that gg-grandma might have been born there.  While it is true that her parents were there in 1841, gg-grandma herself had already left home by then and was settled on a homestead in Medina County, Ohio.  So, she might have been born at Long Hill or perhaps at some other location in the parish.

Maybe she was driven away by the persistent harassment of fairies. [Wigtown and Whithorn: historical and descritptive sketches, stories and anecdotes, illustrative of the racy wit & pawky humor of the district"  Gordon Fraser, 1877].