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Eilean Nan Craobh
Manor House (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Eilean Nan Craobh
Classification Manor House (Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 23588
Site Number NN07NE 5
NGR NN 0897 7633
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23588
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmallie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NN07NE 5 0897 7633.
(NN 0897 7633) Eilean Nan Craobh (NAT) (Tree Island)
OS 6"map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1904)
On Tree Island in Loch Eil, opposite Corpach, the Locheil Chiefs had a family residence during the 16th and 17th centuries. In Macfarlane's Geographical Collections it is stated that in Loch Eil "there is little islands and the Laird and his Superiors of the country doeth dwell in one of them, having but timber houses builded thereintill" There are several charters in existence signed by Alan, the 15th Chief, on 'Island of Loch Eil"
D B MacCulloch 1938; W Macfarlane 1906-8.
There is now no trace of a dwelling on Tree Island.
Visited by OS (A C) 19 July 1961
No change.
Visited by OS (N K B) 11 May 1970.
Field Walking (October 2001)
NN 1191 7702 to NN 0928 7460 A desk-based assessment and walkover survey were carried out in advance of work to lay new sections of water main, totalling approximately 16km, on the N and S shores of Loch Eil. The desk-based assessment identified a single building on the 1st edition OS not noted in the NMRS (NN 0584 7829). The survey identified two sites: a small 19th-century building (NN 0512 7702) and a borrow-pit (NN 0936 7517).
Full report lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Team Aquarius
R Conolly 2001 (Headland Archaeology)
