Field Visit
Date 1991 - 1999
Event ID 552668
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/552668
Recorded during survey of deserted settlements; records are held in the Bute Museum.
Sponsor: Bute Antiq Natur Hist Soc; St Andrews Heritage Services.
Hannah and Proudfoot 1994.
NS 0442 5948 Site 90 Kilmory McNeil
In the field below the road north of the Mecknoch lay-by some old trees still mark the line of a yard wall belonging to this farm, which is on record from 1506 as the middle portion of Nether Kilmory. It was held by the McNeil family, whose burial place can be seen in the High Kirk graveyard. The farm was abandoned c1835, and its lands divided between Mecknoch and Little Kilmory. The layout of the yard is shown on the 1st OS map.
Proudfoot and Hannah 2000
NS 0442 5948 Site of old farm: Between Mecknoch and little Kilmory, W of chapel, c. 30m W of the road. There are the traces of a yard still marked by some old trees, same as shown on OS1 1863 map. There is a farm in record from 1506.
Information from Bute Natural History Society Deserted Settlement Survey (1991-9)
(RCAHMS WP000273)
