Map of Armadale

A map of Armadale, from the early 1800's, held in the maps department of the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh (Ref: DEP.313/3622/50) shows the location of Alexander Munro and Barbara Mackay's house, which is believed to be the Inn.  The houses marked on the map were a type known as long houses or black houses and were long narrow houses with stone walls and would have had either peat or thatched roofs. 

Map of Armadale c.1817:

Alex Munro's place, believed to be the inn, is where the village starts at the junction with the main road, in patch of land number 1 and is marked with his name on the map. Most of the village is further north where there is a cluster of long houses. Armadale also had its own port, "Port More" with storehouse:

There is no trace of Alex Munro's house today as most of the buildings in Armadale from this period were taken apart and the stones were used to build walls and enclosures for the fields. However, there are still the ruins in the village of another building which is also shown on the same old map of Armadale. This ruined building (pictured below) is also known locally as the old Inn.  According to the old map these ruins shown below were in patch of land number 11 that belonged to one Donald Mackay. The buildings of that era were known as long houses or black houses. They were long narrow houses with stone walls and would have had peat or thatched roofs. (Ignoring the large more modern building in the background).

The village of Armadale with the village of Farr to the west, as well as the later settlement of Bettyhill. Armadale was originally part of the parish of Farr until 1833 when it became part of the parish of Strathy. To the north of the village of Farr are the ruins of Borve Castle as marked on the map, which was a strong hold of the Clan Mackay:

The village of Armadale with the village of Strathy to the east. Armadale was part of the parish of Strathy from 1833 onwards: