Beaton's Cottage

{{Short description|Architectural structure in Highland, Scotland}}

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{{Infobox historic site

| name = Beaton's Cottage

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| other_name = Beaton's Croft

| image = Beaton's Croft House - geograph.org.uk - 740315.jpg

| caption = The cottage in 2008

| locmapin =Scotland Highland

| map_caption =Shown in Highlands

| coordinates = {{coord|57.649996|-6.396351|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| location = 40 Bornesketaig, Skye
Scotland

| area =

| built = c. {{start date and age|1880}}

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| designation1 =Category A Listed Building

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| designation1_date = 5 October 1971

| designation1_number = LB7240

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Beaton's Cottage (also known as Beaton's Croft) is a croft dwelling in Bornesketaig, Isle of Skye, Scotland, near the island's northern tip. A Category A listed, it was built around 1880[https://canmore.org.uk/site/136046/skye-bornesketaig-no-40-beatons-cottage Skye, Bornesketaig, No. 40, Beaton's Cottage] – Canmore and is in "quite excellent condition".[https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB7240 40 Bornesketaig] – Historic Environment Scotland It is a single-storey construction, three bays with centre door, of whitewashed rubble with rounded corners. It has small four-pane windows, with one similar window in the rear, gable-end chimney stacks and a piended thatched roof. A single-storey byre of same build is lit by two skylights.

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File:Beaton's Croft.jpg|Night view

File:Beaton's Croft rear view.jpg|Rear view

File:Beatons Cottage, Bornesketaig (geograph 6481992).jpg|Attached byre

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