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Rum, Kilmory

Farmstead (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)

Site Name Rum, Kilmory

Classification Farmstead (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Rhum

Canmore ID 10994

Site Number NG30SE 9

NGR NG 36563 03854

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Small Isles
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Lochaber
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

An unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire, Islands of Rum, Sanday etc., 1879, sheet lx). An unroofed building and an enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1975).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 5 December 1996

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Field Visit (May 1983)

Kilmory 2 NG 365 038 NG30SE

The remains of a single rectangular building and an enclosure are situated on the E side of Kilmory Glen, 400m ENE of the township of Kilmory (NG30SE 8). The building measures 8.7m by 3.4m within drystone walls 1.2m thick and up to 1m high, and a baffle wall protects the entrance, which is at the mid-point of the W wall; the enclosure has been formed against an unnamed burn and measures 7.7m by 6.8m internally.

RCAHMS 1983, visited May 1983

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