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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 750848
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/750848
NS05NE 49 06967 59028.
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 0695 5902 Site 47 Greenwood Smithy
Immediately south of the junction of the Ambrisbeg cottage track with the main road, is the site of a house known as Greenwood, demolished c1950, which replaced an older smithy on the site, sometimes known as Ambrisbeg smithy. A painting of the smithy hangs in the Bute museum.
Proudfoot and Hannah 2000
NS 0695 5902 Site of building: Located on W side of main road, on S corner of junction with Ambrisbeg farm track. These are the foundations of a house, which replaced older smithy on this site. It was demolished c.1960.
Information from Bute Natural History Society Deserted Settlement Survey (1991-9)
(RCAHMS WP000273)
