Archaeology Notes

Event ID 694257

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NR36SE 19 centred on 3720 6020

(Centred NR 3722 6020) Nosebridge: A district originally composed of small farms, now consisting of four distinct collections of ruins, spread for 3/4 mile along the NW bank of the River Laggan.

Name Book 1878

The former settlement of Nosebridge, deserted and reduced to turf-covered footings comprises nine rectangular buildings, seven small enclosures and associated cultivation.

Surveyed at 1:10 000.

Visited by OS (N K B) 29 June 1978

A manuscript annotation on an RCAHMS working map indicates 'Township remains seen to be of comparatively recent date'.

(Undated) information in NMRS

Ten unroofed buildings, one of which is a long building, and four enclosures are depicted on the OS 1st edition 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1881, sheet ccix). Seven unroofed buildings and six enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1981).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 November 1998