Iona, Main Street
Road (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Iona, Main Street
Classification Road (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 21624
Site Number NM22SE 17
NGR NM 2850 2414
NGR Description NM 2850 2414 to 2867 2447
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/21624
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilfinichen And Kilvickeon
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM22SE 17 2850 2414 to 2867 2447.
(NM 2850 2414 - NM 2867 2447) Main Street (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)
"A causeway called Main Street ran between the Cathedral (NM22SE 5) and the Nunnery (NM22SE 14).
No remains of Main Street now exist, but the present road from the Nunnery to McLean's Cross (NM22SE 1) is on the site of the ancient road".
Name Book 1878; Imperial Gazatteer of Scotland nd.
Although part of the "Main Street" is occupied by a ploughed field, no trace of it is visible.
Visited by OS (JP) 8 June 1972.
