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Field Visit
Date July 1968
Event ID 1159604
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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NM 898 280 Fortified Dwelling, Loch Nell (Site).
This site occupies a small unnamed island situated towards the N end of Loch Nell. The island is probably partly or wholly of artificial origin, but the surface, which appears to be composed mainly of loose boulders, is now much overgrown, and there are no visible traces of buildings. The island is mentioned in two 14th-century charters, and again in 1527, when Archibald Campbell of Lerags had a fee for 'the keeping of the isle of Lochnell' (Highland Papers, iv, 17-18, 195). It may have been a dwelling-place of the Campbells of Lochnell before the family transferred the name to their Benderloch property of Ardmucknish, which became their principal residence some time during the 17th century (cf. RCAHMS 1975, No. 330). Pont's map of the early 17th century indicates that the island was occupied at that date (Blaue’s Atlas, Lorn).
Three other artificial islands are reputed to exist in Loch Nell (PSAS, xlvii (1912-13), 286-7), but only one of these [Canmore ID 22898], situated at the S extremity of the loch, was visible at the date of visit, and this contains no identifiable traces of buildings.
RCAHMS 1975, visited July 1968
