Corlick Hill
Farmstead (Period Unknown)
Site Name Corlick Hill
Classification Farmstead (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 170926
Site Number NS27SE 95
NGR NS 2902 7264
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/170926
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Kilmacolm
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Inverclyde
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS27SE 95 2902 7264
"A ruin of what was formerly a farm steading.."
Name Book 1863
A farmstead annotated Corlick (Ruin) and comprising one unroofed building, one roofed building and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Renfrewshire 1864, sheet ii). One unroofed building and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1980).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 14 April 2000
Field Visit (14 July 1954)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Marginal Land Survey (1950-1962), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, are available to view online - see the searchable PDF in 'Digital Items'. These vary from short notes, to lengthy and full descriptions. Contemporary plane-table surveys and inked drawings, where available, can be viewed online in most cases - see 'Digital Images'. The original typecripts, notebooks and drawings can also be viewed in the RCAHMS search room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 19 July 2013.
Field Visit (November 2012)
As part of a cultural heritage statement CFA Archaeology Ltd undertook field survey to assess the present baseline condition of the known archaeology and heritage features identified through a desk-based assessment as well as to identify any further features of historic environment interest not detected from the deskbased assessment; as well as areas with the potential to contain currently unrecorded buried archaeological remains.
Field survey recorded the farmstead on a south-facing slope surviving in fair condition. The easternmost building is gable-ended and measures 23 m by 7m and is divided into three compartments. The building is defined by dry-stone walls 1m wide by 0.4 m-1.2 m high, with an entrance 1m wide on the western side. It is attached to an enclosure measuring 19m by 3m internally with walls 1m wide and 0.8 m-1m high and is terraced into the slope. The second building, to the west, measures 8m by 8m and is defined by walls tumbled out to 2.5m in places and measuring 0.6 m-1.2 m high, with an entrance on the east. This building is attached to a
larger, less well preserved enclosure, 40m by 30m internally defined by walls 1 m-1.5 m wide and 0.4 m-0.6m high.
Roy’ map (1747-55) depicts a farmstead annotated ‘Corlick’, shown with cultivation to the west and south. Ainslie (1796, 1821) also depicts ‘Corlick’. The Ordnance Survey 2nd (1898), 3rd (1915) and 4th (1947) edition maps, and the 2001 edition depict the farmstead as comprising two unroofed buildings and two enclosures.
Information from Helena Gray (CFA Archaeology Ltd) July 2014. OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-263967, no.15
