Ulva, Culinish
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ulva, Culinish
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Cuilinish; Soriby
Canmore ID 22061
Site Number NM44SW 5
NGR NM 410 414
NGR Description Centred on NM 410 414
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
NM44SW 5 centred on 410 414
See also:
NM44SW 6 NM 406 417 Cottage: cruck-framed
Culinish. A group of ruins a short distance E of Lon Bearnach.
Name Book 1878
(NM 403 418) Several depopulated farmsteads. Name confirmed. Date of depopulation not established.
Visited by OS 13 May 1972
Cruck-slots noted.
G Stell 1981
A crofting township comprising thirty-five unroofed buildings, one of which is a long building of three compartments and two are T-shaped, ten enclosures, some field walls and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire, Island of Mull 1881, sheet lxvii). Twenty-nine unroofed buildings, fifteen enclosures, some field walls and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 June 1998
Sites recorded during survey for the Scottish Agricultural College, under the Historic Scotland Ancient Monument Survey Grant Scheme.
NM 418 405 Deserted settlement
NM 411 412 Deserted settlement
NM 403 418 Deserted settlement
Sponsors: Historic Scotland, Scottish Agricultural College.
T Rees 1998
