Mull, Lag
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Mull, Lag
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Ling
Canmore ID 21846
Site Number NM35SE 30
NGR NM 3606 5381
NGR Description Centred on NM 3606 5381
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilninian And Kilmore
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM35SE 30 centred on 3606 5381
Lag: Foundations of eleven almost rectangular buildings with several small associated enclosures. Name confirmed and locally believed to have been depopulated in the mid-19th century (cf NM35SE 26).
Visited by OS 21 April 1972
A township comprising eleven unroofed buildings, one of which is L-shaped and another has two compartments, and two enclosures, one of which is incomplete, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire, Island of Mull 1882, sheet li). Nine unroofed buildings and one incomplete enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 June 1998
To the E of this site, as depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire, Island of Mull 1882, sheet li), is a head-dyke system.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 14 May 1999
