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Luing
Agricultural Landscape (Period Unassigned), Mine Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Period Unassigned), Slate Quarry(S) (Period Unassigned), Spoil Heap(S) (Period Unassigned), Tramway(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Luing
Classification Agricultural Landscape (Period Unassigned), Mine Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Period Unassigned), Slate Quarry(S) (Period Unassigned), Spoil Heap(S) (Period Unassigned), Tramway(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 357645
Site Number NM71SW 44
NGR NM 745 145
NGR Description NM 745 145 - NM 745 055
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/357645
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilbrandon And Kilchattan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (March 2017 - October 2017)
NM 745 145 – NM 745 055 At a request from the Luing History Group, ACFA is undertaking a walkover survey of the island, located S of Oban. To date, two weeks have been spent there between March and October 2017 with further visits planned for 2018. Luing is c5km N/S by 1km wide at most and whilst there are areas of much improved ground, especially in the S, there are also higher, undulating stretches interspersed with bog.
Relict rig and furrow points to more extensive arable farming in the past and an estate plan drawn up in 1847 at the behest of the Marquis of Breadalbane reveals that there was a larger number of farms on the island than the one farm that exists at present.
The 1st Edition OS maps surveyed in the 1870s show that most of the farm structures had been removed by that time and, today, it can be difficult, if not impossible, to observe the locations of the buildings on the ground. However, the survey is bringing to light prehistoric and pre-improvement
archaeology.
The island’s geology is principally that of slate and the extraction of that material, reaching its peak in the late 19th century, has left its mark on the landscape in the form of numerous quarries and related buildings, tramways and spoil heaps.
Archive: Argyll and Bute Archives, NRHE and the Atlantic Islands Centre on Luing (intended)
Dugald MacInnes – Association of Certificated Archaeologists (ACFA) in association with the Luing History Group
(Source: DES, Volume 18)
