Glen Fyne
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glen Fyne
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 153722
Site Number NN22SW 10
NGR NN 2449 2058
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/153722
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Lochgoilhead And Kilmorich
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NN22SW 10 2449 2058
A township, comprising one roofed long building, three unroofed buildings and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1874, sheet cxiv). Three unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 29 July 1998.
NN 2456 2066 (vicinity) In a broad area on the W bank of the River Fyne are the remains of a township. It is noted in the NMRS as a possible township, indicated on the OS 6 inch map (1874) as consisting of one roofed long building, three unroofed, and two enclosures.
The site has structures of different periods, the latest being a substantial house ruin (No. 6), which is likely to be the building listed as roofed in 1874, but now unroofed. To the N, on a mound, are the much denuded remains of two rectangular houses, one with a yard attached (No. 3). There is no sign of a third house, but the smaller building associated with the house at No. 6 may have been listed as such. There are two large enclosure complexes, which were not measured; one in the fork between the River Fyne and the Allt Coir' an Longairt, and one S of the confluence of these two streams. A third, smaller enclosure on the E side of the tributary Allt Coir' an Longairt was observed but not visited.
1. NN 24628 20780 Knocking stone, 1.6 x 1.15m, with a circular hollow 46cm in diameter, with a depth of about 30cm below the lower lip.
2. NN 24585 20649 Long low rectangular enclosure, 12.2 x 5.8m externally.
3. NN 24536 20663 Stone house foundation, 10.4 x 6.3m externally. Attached to it on the SW side is a yard extending 13.4m from the house wall. About 7m to the NW is a second house foundation at NN 24501 20641, 10.5 x 5.8m externally.
4. Near NN 24560 20600 Pile of stones, c 3m wide and 2m high, with a small interior hollow.
5. NN 24543 20568 Stone and turf dyke. Built into the dyke is a corn kiln in very good condition, of internal diameter 1.5m and 0.8m deep. No flue could be found.
6. NN 24497 20549 Substantial house ruin, unroofed, but with parts of the gable ends remaining to a height of about 3m; 5.2m wide externally, and overall 17.3m long with two interior compartments or rooms. Abutting the N wall of the house is an annexe, slightly smaller than the width of that wall. About 4m to the S of the house is a smaller rectangular building, 4.9 x 3.1m externally. It is in the N corner of a large enclosure, c 22 x 14m.
Fuller details have been lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Cowal Archaeological & Historical Society.
D Dorren, N Henry, I Fyfe, M Fyfe and A Garner 2003
Project (2009 - 2011)
Cairndow is a Highland village at the head of Loch Fyne in Argyll. The are of the parish is some 15,000 hectares . The resident population is about 200 but over 200 people work here.
Here We Are is a community initiative to develop and sustain Cairndow as a cohesive community for the benefit of residents, workers and visitors.
Cairndow village - the parish of Kilmorich - in Argyll, stretches from The Rest and Be Thankful pass down to, and then around the head of Loch Fyne on the road to Inveraray.
From 1900 until the 1960’s most of the land and the dwelling houses belonged to one landowner – Ardkinglas estate. By 2000 there were several landowners and most of the houses are now privately owned. Some families have been here for generations, others arrived only recently: thus it is a good example of a Highland village, representing continuity and change.
OUR HOUSES: THEIR STORIES is a biography of the 107 houses and of those who lived – and live – in them, their livelihoods and their occupations.
The first thing we did was photograph the houses. Then people began to give us and to send photos. The collection grew and we realised we have a gallery of people who had lived in the houses. From this the idea of “Our Houses: Their Stories” emerged.
Alice Beattie, Cairndow born and bred, listed who lived in which house from the 1841 census onwards. Every house and everybody who lived here was given a unique number.
With advice from Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University we recorded Nigel Callander and John MacDonald. Together, the two have rebuilt and renovated our buildings for over half a century.
Architects and Archaeologists from Simpson & Brown of Edinburgh have assessed building phases and architectural detailing of 60 of our houses.
Information from:
http://www.ourhousestheirstories.com/
