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Bute, West St Colmac
Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Horse Engine Platform (Post Medieval), Water Wheel (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Bute, West St Colmac
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Horse Engine Platform (Post Medieval), Water Wheel (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 303068
Site Number NS06NW 111
NGR NS 04365 67185
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/303068
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
NS06NW 111 04365 67185.
West St Colmac is a working farmsteading, comprising mainly 19th century buildings, which is depicted on Mackinlay’s map of North Bute (1823) and in more detail on the 1st edition of the OS 25-inch map (Argyllshire and Buteshire 1869, CXCIII.16). At that time the steading was basically a courtyard that opened to the NW, where there stood a detached building which is still in use. The position of the steading in relation to a now culverted stream that passes very close-by strongly suggests the presence of a water-powered mill wheel on the NE. The second edition of the map shows the addition of a horse-engine to the SW range (Argyllshire and Buteshire 1897, CXCIII.16).
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 15 January 2010.
Field Visit (1864)
Reference (1951)
Note (15 January 2010)
West St Colmac is a working farmsteading, comprising mainly 19th century buildings, which is depicted on Mackinlay’s map of North Bute (1823) and in more detail on the 1st edition of the OS 25-inch map (Argyllshire and Buteshire 1869, CXCIII.16). At that time the steading was basically a courtyard that opened to the NW, where there stood a detached building which is still in use. The position of the steading in relation to a now culverted stream that passes very close-by strongly suggests the presence of a water-powered mill wheel on the NE. The second edition of the map shows the addition of a horse-engine to the SW range (Argyllshire and Buteshire 1897, CXCIII.16).
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 15 January 2010.
