Archaeology Notes

Event ID 675893

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NN12NE 11 172 258.

Ruins of eight drystone buildings, two sheepfolds and a corn-drying kiln of unusual design.

Visit by OS March 1973

The outline of several dwellings sited either side of the burn Allt Mhaluidh are clearly visible. A lime kiln and flax pit are well marked.

H Harold 1981.

Associated corn-drying kilns at NN 173 258, NN 174 258 and NN 172 259 are listed; no details given.

Hill 1976.

A township, comprising eleven unroofed buildings, four enclosures and two lengths of head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet ci). Ten unroofed buildings, three enclosures and three lengths of head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1977).

Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 30 July 1998.