Kilmartin, Meldrum House

Manse (19th Century), Museum (21st Century) (2024), Museum (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Site Name Kilmartin, Meldrum House

Classification Manse (19th Century), Museum (21st Century) (2024), Museum (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Kilmartin House Museum; Kilmartin Museum

Canmore ID 134395

Site Number NR89NW 116

NGR NR 83427 98890

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/134395

Digital Images

DP 017899

General oblique aerial view of the village, centred on the church, churchyard, burial ground, museum and the remains of the cairn with the tower-house adjacent, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

27/6/2006

DP 017900

General oblique aerial view of the village, centred on the church, churchyard, burial ground, museum and the remains of the cairn with the tower-house adjacent, taken from the SSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

27/6/2006

DP 017901

General oblique aerial view of the village, centred on the church, churchyard, burial ground, museum and the remains of the cairn with the tower-house adjacent, taken from the SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

27/6/2006

DP 017905

Oblique aerial view centred on the church, churchyard, burial-ground and museum with the remains of the cairns adjacent, taken from the NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

27/6/2006

DP 017906

Oblique aerial view centred on the church, churchyard, burial-ground and museum with the remains of the cairns adjacent, taken from the N.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

27/6/2006

DP 017909

General oblique aerial view centred on the gravel quarry and the site of the excavation of the pit-defined enclosure with the church, churchyard, burial-ground, museum and remains of the cairns adjacent, taken from the NNE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

27/6/2006

DP 017902

General oblique aerial view of the village, centred on the church, churchyard, burial ground and museum with the tower-house and quarry adjacent, taken from the SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

27/6/2006

DP 017903

General oblique aerial view of the village, centred on the church, churchyard, burial ground, museum and the remains of the cairn, taken from the ESE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

27/6/2006

DP 157065

View of the formerly known Kilmartin Manse, now the Kilmartin House Museum, Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute. Vignetted Image. Titled: '174. Kilmartin Manse.' PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM NO 186: J B MACKENZIE ALBUMS vol.1

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General Collection. Photograph Albums.

c. 1871

DP 017904

Oblique aerial view centred on the church, churchyard, burial-ground and museum with the remains of the cairns adjacent, taken from the NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

27/6/2006

Collections

Administrative Areas

Council Argyll And Bute
Parish Kilmartin
Former Region Strathclyde
Former District Argyll And Bute
Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NR89NW 116 8342 9891

Meldrum House [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map.

Activities

Watching Brief (2002)

Archaeological watching brief undertaken by Scotia Archaeology in Kilmartin village, Argyll in 2002. The watching brief was carried out on the instructions of the West of Scotland Archaeology Service (WoSAS), acting on behalf of Argyll & Bute Council, in response to an application by Scottish and Southern Energy to upgrade the power supply to a new housing development on the east side of the village.

Note (24 April 2024)

Three carved stones in the care of Historic Environment Scotland (RCAHMS 4 (NR89NW 8.04), 87 (NR89NW 8.07), 89 (NR89NW 8.06)) formally referred to as the Kilmartin Crosses have been permanently relocated from Kilmartin Church (Canmore ID 39532) to Kilmartin Museum (Canmore ID 134395).

Information from HES (SCS) 24 April 2024

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