Gigha, Creag Nan Con
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gigha, Creag Nan Con
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Ardailly Farm
Canmore ID 38625
Site Number NR65SW 11
NGR NR 6448 5100
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Gigha And Cara
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR65SW 11 6448 5100
(NR 644 509) Remains of a farmstead. It comprises a building footing, 34.0m by 5.0m, and associated field walls and enclosures. Narrow rig cultivation is evident.
Visited by OS, 20 January 1978.
The settlement lies 300m N of Ardailly Farm on the W coast of Gigha. It is surrounded by cultivated fields. The settlement consists of one house with its gables intact and a number of other structures, enclosures and field banks.
F Hood [et al.] 1993, visited April 1993.
NMRS, MS/805/1.
A farmstead, comprising one roofed building, two unroofed buildings, one of which is a long building and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1873, sheet ccxxii). Three unroofed buildings and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1981).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK), 22 October 1998.
