This PDF document refers to the 'Factor's House' at Rodel but, unless I am getting confused between buildings, I think it refers to what these photographs describe as the Fishing Station ?
The description given here certainly appears to match that in the PDF, and the map reference is certainly that of the Fishing Station, yet the PDF makes no reference to this documented use of the structure.
The building may well have served a variety of industrial and domestic purposes since being constructed by Captain Macleod in the late 18thC but unfortunately we cannot Ask Angus ...
...and, once demolished, whatever secrets might lie hidden in those stones will have gone forever.
There are precious- few Listed Buildings on Harris and I wonder how long it will be before this one suffers the same fate?
We know that Captain Macleod built a combined Corn and Fulling Mill powered by water (although whether at Rodel or An-t-Ob is unclear) and that he established a Spinning and Net Making Factory at Rodel yet I am unaware of anyone knowing the precise locations of these?
The 'Factors House' can be clearly seen on the right of this painting from 1819 where it's position alongside a pier suggests that some 40 years after Captain Macleod had purchased Harris (and nearly 30 years after his death) the building was indeed linked to Fishing.
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