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Drimnin
Boathouse (19th Century)
Site Name Drimnin
Classification Boathouse (19th Century)
Canmore ID 267126
Site Number NM55SW 17
NGR NM 54782 54781
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/267126
- Council Highland
- Parish Morvern
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
Boathouse, c.1835-45 One of a group of boathouses (see others at Glenmorvern, Fiunary, Achranich and Old Ardtornish) built to accommodate the 'barges' or private vessels of gentry/tacksmen in the days before Morvern acquired any roads -'there was no house of any pretensions without its boathouse' wrote Agnes King in c.1860. Snecked rubble, infilled with slate, with tall, semi-circular archway on front gable; doors and slate roof now lost.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NM55SW 17 54782 54781
The following sites were surveyed in 2002 (boathouses) and 2003 (fish traps) as part of a wider project to study the maritime landscape of the Sound of Mull.
(NM 547 548) Boathouse built of snecked rubble, incorporating broken pieces of roofing slate. The walls are substantially intact, though unroofed. The entrance has a high round arch of slabbed voussoirs, and there is a blocked window or entrance in the upper part of the rear gable wall.
Standing at the head of a creek, the boathouse is sheltered by a large rocky outcrop. On the landward side of the creek are the remains of a simple quay constructed of boulders, allowing dry-shod landing at most states of tide. A track at its seaward end, marked on old maps but now seriously overgrown, led from the boathouse and its associated landing places up to Drimnin House.
Close to the boathouse is a cottage, which has low walls with rounded corners and two windows. Four cruck slots survive, and a central wall incorporating a fireplace appears to be a later addition. A doorway on the W side has been blocked. Outside is a small walled enclosure, apparently never roofed. Within the rubble fill of its walls, objects were found of probable late 19th-century date.
Report lodged with Highland SMR.
Sponsor: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
P Martin and C Martin 2003
This ruinous rectangular dry dock boat house was recorded as part of the Threatened Buildings Survey of the Drimnin Estate on 5 September 2007. It was built c.1840 probably at the instruction of Sir Charles Gordon. It is constructed of roughly coursed snecked rubble with a fine arched doorway the archway of which is constructed of slate. The slated roof and all woodwork has been lost.
RCAHMS STG
Field Visit (1 May 2012)
NM 5478 5478 (boathouse) and NM 5479 5479 (cottage) A survey was undertaken on 1 May 2012 of the boat-landing facilities associated with Drimnin House. A natural creek, with the boathouse at its head, had been enhanced with a rubble-built quay. (The boathouse has been restored since our survey in 2002). This work formed part of a project examining the maritime landscape of North Argyll.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Morvern Maritime Centre
Colin Martin, Morvern Maritime Centre
Paula Martin,
2012
