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Field Visit
Date 1991 - 1999
Event ID 552813
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/552813
NS 0022 7126 Settlement ruins: Located on dry sloping moorland 1km inland from Old Ferry Craig. Overgrown with heather. There is no nearby water. Substantial ruins of 3 houses, each with an adjacent enclosure and corn kiln. Oldest 5.8 x 3.3m internal, others are 12.5 x 4m and 10.5 x 3.5m with an extension 2 x 3.5m on upper end. There are traces of field system, with rig running N/S in the field below.
Information from Bute Natural History Society Deserted Settlement Survey (1991-9)
(RCAHMS WP000273)
NS 002 712 Site 173 Ardnagave
In a small lateral glen above the Altmore meadows lie the ruins of this little township, which was a butt of Kilmichael. Three houses survive as ruins, each with an adjacent yard, and there is also a well preserved corn-drying kiln. One of the houses still shows an alcove in the wall believed to have accommodated an outshot bed. The settlement is first attested by Roy (c1750), and was probably abandoned c1830.
Proudfoot and Hannah 2000
