Auchindarroch
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Auchindarroch
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Duror, Achindarroch; Achnadarroch Farm
Canmore ID 106064
Site Number NN05NW 9
NGR NN 0007 5532
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/106064
- Council Highland
- Parish Lismore And Appin (Lochaber)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NMRS REFERENCE:
South Knapdale, Auchindarroch House which was Category B Listed was demolished c. 1969.
(Undated) information from Demolitions catalogue held in RCAHMS library.
Achnaddaroch Farmhouse is depicted as roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6 inch map(Argyllshire 1875 Sheet xliii) and annotated as Achindarroch.
Information from RCAHMS (JL), February 1999.
Archaeological Evaluation (May 1998)
This evaluation was commissioned by Colin Armstrong Associates, Inverness, at the instance of the Highland Archaeology Srevice, as part of the conditions for planning consent for the proposed construction of holiday cottages.
The only archaeological implications are for the two possible mounds. Without excavation we cannot say very much about them, but it is better that they be preserved. The curious linear feature at the NE corner of the site is without parallel, and must be fairly modern: even so, it is worth preserving if possible. The curtilage of the farm has been very severely disturbed, and it is unlikely to yield further information.
In architectural terms, there seem to be no surviving features which warrant preservation, beyond maintaining (or restoring) their general character. The farm seems to be a fairly typical example of improved farm building of the mid nineteenth century, and the original form of the house can be paralleled over a wide area of N and NE Scotland at that period.
Information from James B Kenworthy
