Taigh Seumas A' Ghlinne, Glen Duror
Bothy (20th Century) (1994), Building (18th Century), Cottage (19th Century), Farmstead(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Taigh Seumas A' Ghlinne, Glen Duror
Classification Bothy (20th Century) (1994), Building (18th Century), Cottage (19th Century), Farmstead(S) (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) House Of James Of The Glen
Canmore ID 153649
Site Number NN05SW 1
NGR NN 0220 5391
NGR Description NN 0220 5391and NN 0222 5404
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/153649
- Council Highland
- Parish Lismore And Appin (Lochaber)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NN05SW 1 0220 5391 and 0222 5404
Two farmsteads each comprising one unroofed building and one enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet xliv). The site to the N is shown as one enclosure annotated 'Sheepfold', and that to the S as one partially roofed building and one enclosure, on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 24 September 1998.
Note (7 July 2022)
NN05SW 1 NN 02208 53909
The bothy in Glen Duror is situated in a clearing in the forestry on the N side of the glen, about 2.2km ESE of the end of the public road at Achadh nan Darach. It occupies a 19th century 3-bay cottage with an extension to the E, now unroofed, and has a squat appearance due to the lowering of the roof ridge. There is an enclosure immediately to the N of the cottage, and a rectangular sheepfold 110m to the N is presumably part of the group. The building, enclosure and sheepfold are depicted, but not named, on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire, xliv, 1875) and it is possible that the sheepfold incorporates a building along its N wall (NN 02220 54046).
An earlier phase of settlement at the site is evidenced by a long building (20m by 6m overall), situated 45m NW of the cottage (at NN 02168 53953), and the fragment of boundary dyke 70m to the N of the cottage that runs for about 75m from ESE to WNW. Both the long building and the dyke are likely to be 18th century or earlier in date although the settlement is not shown on Roy’s Military Map (1747-55) or William Morison’s plan of the estate of Ardsheall dated 1773 (NRS, RHP 3484).
The site is reputed to be the birthplace of James Stewart (c.1698-1752), a clansman who was hung for the murder of Colin Roy Campbell, a government agent (Allan 2017, 217). It is labelled as ‘Taigh Seumas a’ Ghlinne (Birthplace of James of the Glen)’ on the current edition of the OS 1:25,000 map.
Information from HES Archaeological Survey (D M Bratt) 7 July 2022
(Allan 2017, 216-7)
