Lurga
Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lurga
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 22679
Site Number NM75NW 3
NGR NM 735 553
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Morvern
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NM75NW 3 735 553
See also NM75NW 4.
At Lurga there are several ruined buildings of drystone construction, one at least of which appears to have been used for the processing of rock from the lead mine 0.5km to the W (NM75NW 4). This building is oblong on plan, measuring 5.5m by 3.6m over walls 0.8m in thickness; a water conduit, supplied from the neighbouring burn, ran diagonally through the building immediately below floor level.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1972.
A farmstead comprising three roofed buildings and one enclosure, and two unroofed buildings, which lie approximately 150m to the NNE, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet xli).
Four unroofed buildings and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1975).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 13 May 1998.
