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Crockeild
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Crockeild
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Cnockeild; Knochield
Canmore ID 23825
Site Number NN30SW 9
NGR NN 343 023
NGR Description Centred NN 343 023
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23825
- Council Stirling
- Parish Buchanan
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NN30SW 9 centred 343 023
Smith (1896) lists 'Cnockeild as a settlement of five families in the parish of Buchanan (the settlement was already in ruins by 1861 - 1st ed., OS 6" map, Stirlingshire, sheet III).
(J G Smith 1896)
A depopulated settlement consisting of about 12 ruined buildings and other enclosures.
Visited by OS (DWR) 4 March 1973
Field Visit (12 May 1954)
Old Farms, Crockeild.
About a quarter of a mile NE. of Rudha Curraichd, on the E. shore of Loch Lomond, and just above the present tree-line, the slope of the hillside becomes slightly easier after rising very steeply for some 500 ft. from the water's edge. Here stand the remains of a small farming settlement, comprising four or five units, each of which consists of a house with some smaller outhouses, and an oval enclosure, presumably for animals. The largest house measures 46 ft. by 15ft. over all, the walls standing only to a height of some 3 ft. to 4 ft. There is little evidence as to the age of the remains, but there is no reason to suppose that they are older than the 18th century. The footpath from Ptarmigan Lodge to Inversnaid (cf. No. 521) passes through the settlement.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 12 May 1954
Note (20 January 1998)
Thirteen unroofed buildings, which are annotated as Ruins, two enclosures, one of which has an unroofed circular structure built into one corner, and a sheepfold are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Stirlingshire 1865, sheet iii). Five unroofed buildings, a short length of wall and an enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 January 1998.
