Inchmarnock, Southpark
Rig And Furrow (Post Medieval)
Site Name Inchmarnock, Southpark
Classification Rig And Furrow (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 300188
Site Number NS05NW 47
NGR NS 0185 5935
NGR Description Site centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/300188
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
NS05NW 47 0185 5935.
Site 26. Large area of rig-and-furrow cultivation located outwith head dyke. Rigs, 5m apart centre to centre, are aligned roughly SW-NE.
Lowe 2008.
Project (1999 - 2004)
NS 020 600 (island centre) The Archaeology of Inchmarnock Research Project, initated by the island's new owner, Lord Smith, was undertaken over the period 1999 to 2004 with the aim of providing as complete a record as possible of the island's archaeology; of identifying and understanding better what was there, precisely where it was, and how it might be preserved for future generations.
The overarching objectives of the project were to consider how Inchmarnock's inhabitants made use of their island landscape in the medieval and later period and how the island itself related to the wider world.
The preliminary results of each season's fieldwork, together with assessments of the artefacts and environmental remains recovered, were reported on an annual basis. In tandem with this was an extensive radiocarbon-dating programme, providing the chronological framework for the investigation.
Sponsor: Sir Robert Smith
Headland Archaeology, C Lowe 2008
Field Visit (2000 - 2002)
Site 26. Large area of rig-and-furrow cultivation located outwith head dyke. Rigs, 5m apart centre to centre, are aligned roughly SW-NE.
Lowe 2008.
Field Walking (2002)
NS 020 600 (island centre) Survey
A detailed investigation of the development of Inchmarnock's field boundaries was carried out in 2002, expanding upon the survey undertaken in 2000. By reference to cartographic sources and walkover survey, this investigation produced a preliminary phasing of the evolution of the island's boundaries. Six distinct types of boundary were identified, falling into three broad phases: pre-improvement (potentially reflecting medieval land-use); improvement period (1782-1820); and late 19th-century modifications.
In addition to the phasing of the field boundaries, the survey identified two areas of rig and furrow (NS 0185 5935 and NS 0192 5908 (centres)), clearance cairns and possible structures. Among these was a curvilinear stone mound (NS 0169 6117) which is probably identical to the 'Devil's Cauldron', erroneously located at the S end of the island and recorded in the NMRS as a dun (NS 05 NW 7).
Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: Sir Robert Smith.
R Conolly, E Jones, C Lowe 2002
