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Loch Beanie
Island Dwelling (Medieval)
Site Name Loch Beanie
Classification Island Dwelling (Medieval)
Canmore ID 29261
Site Number NO16NE 22
NGR NO 16020 68677
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/29261
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kirkmichael (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (22 June 1988)
NO16NE 22 1601 6867
This small island, which appears to be largely artificial, lies towards the centre of the loch about 100m from its S shore. It is roughly square on plan and formed almost entirely of boulders and small stones. On the date of visit, however, less than a third of the surface area was visible above water.
On the W the rubble shelves gently from the surface but on the ESE it pitches more steeply; a marked intake on this side may have served as a boat-landing. Towards the edge of the island there are fragmentary traces of what may be walls.
Pont (c.1600) depicts a mansion on the loch and annotates it 'Loch Sesatut, sumtyms ye dwelling of ye chief man of Glenshy and Strathardle', while Gordon (1636/1648) notes 'L. Sesatur old chief dwelling of Glens(hie)', by 1747 all knowledge of the island had clearly been lost.
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS) 22 June 1988.
RCAHMS 1990
