Islay, Smaull, Cladh Haco
Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Islay, Smaull, Cladh Haco
Classification Burial Ground (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Well (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Tobar Haco
Canmore ID 37403
Site Number NR26NW 3
NGR NR 21658 67757
NGR Description NR 21658 67757 and NR 21629 67785
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilchoman
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR26NW 3 2166 6774 and 2162 6777.
(NR 2166 6774) Cladh Haco (NR) (Site of) (NAT)
(NR 2162 6777) Tobar Haco (NR)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed, (1900)
The site of an ancient burial ground with a well nearby, both dedicated to Haco or as the name was originally collected Iago.
Name Book 1878.
There are several fragmentary earth and stone field banks in this area but no evidence of a burial ground. Tobar Haco (name not verified) is presumably the natural spring at the base of a rock outcrop at the indicated map reference. There is no evidence of any artificial structure.
Survey at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (T R G) 24 May 1978.
Field Visit (July 1973)
(NR 216 673) This burial-ground occupies an approximately circular area of irregular ground situated between two outcrops of rock. It measures about 18m in overall diameter and was formerly enclosed by a drystone wall some 1.3m in thickness; a later dyke, surmounted by a fence, bisects the enclosure. The interior is much overgrown, but a single plain stone grave-marker was observed at the date of visit.
Tobar Haco: This is the name given to a fresh-water spring which issues from the base of a rock outcrop situated about 40m NW of the burial-ground.
RCAHMS 1984, visited July 1973
