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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 870551
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/870551
NS06NW 82.00 04088 66782
NS 040 667 Site 142 Kilmachalmaig School
This former SPCK school, in record from 1772 stood on or close to the site of the Old Smithy which is now a dwelling house. No remains have been found. There were 75 pupils in 1802. In 1845 the school moved to a new building at Kildavanan.
Proudfoot and Hannah 2000
Mackinlay's map of North Bute (1823) depicts a school, which was funded by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, on the site now occupied by a former smithy, now a private house. The school was one of fifteen in the parish of Rothesay, which at that time extended to cover the whole of the north of the island (NSA, Craig, 1840, 114). In 1845 the school moved to a new building at Kildavanan (NS06NW 105), some 1.5km to the SW. In all likelihood the schoolhouse continued in use as a residence for the smith and the former schoolroom as his workshop.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 1 Oct 2009.
