Islay, Bolsa
Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned), Lazy Beds (Post Medieval), Lime Kiln (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Islay, Bolsa
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned), Lazy Beds (Post Medieval), Lime Kiln (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 37784
Site Number NR37NE 9
NGR NR 3862 7756
NGR Description Centred on NR 386 775
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/37784
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killarow And Kilmeny
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR37NE 9 centred on 386 775
Bolsa, a deserted farmstead occupied within living memory. The house is unroofed but survives to the gables. In the immediate vicinity are the footings of three earlier buildings, two enclosures, and an area of rig-and-furrow.
Visited by OS (NKB) 29 June 1978
One unroofed building, two enclosures, one of which is a sheepfold, and an unroofed structure annotated as an Old Limekiln are depicted on the OS 1st edition 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1881, sheet clxxvi). Four unroofed, two partially roofed, four roofed builidngs and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1980).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 21 October 1998
