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Luing
Landing Point (Post Medieval)
Site Name Luing
Classification Landing Point (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 371020
Site Number NM71SW 48
NGR NM 74811 07846
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/371020
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilbrandon And Kilchattan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (25 April 2018 - 27 April 2018)
NM 7445 1090 A desktop and walkover survey were
undertaken, 25–27 April 2018, for a number of areas of
proposed woodland on the Island of Luing. Work revealed
the following previously unrecorded sites:
NM 74942 14421 Building.
NM 74795 13495 (centred on) Rig and furrow.
NM 74821 13505 (centred on) Rig and furrow.
NM 7460 1357 Enclosure (possible).
NM 73840 08560 Building.
NM 74815 07860 Boat noost.
NM 74560 07829 Farmstead.
NM 7455 1298 (centred on) Rig and furrow.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: SAC Consulting
Stuart Farrell
(Source: DES, Volume 19)
Field Visit (2018)
Eilean An Atha
Grid Ref: NM 74815/07860
Type – Boat Noost
Utilises field wall on its S side, wall is up to 1.1m high by 1.25m wide, central cut channel 1m wide 7m in length, overall 11m by 4m, traces of lime(?) mortar on N side of structure.
The field wall to the N is 0.7m high and 1.1m wide but is very denuded possibly predates that to S.
Note (24 January 2022)
NM71SW 48 NM 74811 07846
A landing point is evident on visualisations derived from Airborne Laser Scanning data on the E coast of Luing, about 140m E of South Kilchattan farmstead (NM71SW 46).
Information from HES Archaeological Survey (GF Geddes) 24 January 2022.
ACFA No. 363
