http://northings.com Cultural magazine for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland Mon, 12 Jan 2015 08:34:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://northings.com/northings_directory/calda-house/ http://northings.com/northings_directory/calda-house/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:06:57 +0000 http://northings.com/?post_type=northings_directory&p=17173 The second MacKenzie of Assynt , Kenneth, was persuaded by his wife to abandon the austerity and discomfort of Ardvrek in favour a new house at nearby Calda. Begun in 1726 it was the first classical style house in the northwest highlands and at that time would have been very grand indeed. Historic Assynt have recently completed the consolidation of the house ruins.

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