Mains Of Drimnin
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Mains Of Drimnin
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Eilean Villne, Drimnin Crofts
Canmore ID 22317
Site Number NM55NW 10
NGR NM 5474 5655
NGR Description Centred NM 547 565
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Morvern
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NM55NW 10 centred 547 565
(NM 546 565) Remains of 7 houses. (9 buildings in 1836). Occupied 1836, abandoned by 1872.
P Gaskell 1968
Seven unroofed buildings, some field walls and what may be two phases of head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet xxxix). Eight unroofed buildings and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 May 1998.
