Jura, Achaduie
Lazy Beds (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Jura, Achaduie
Classification Lazy Beds (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 38663
Site Number NR69NE 1
NGR NR 6516 9610
NGR Description Centred on NR 6516 9610
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38663
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Jura
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR69NE 1 centred on 6516 9610
(NR 6516 9608) Achaduie (NAT)
OS 6" map (1900)
The name "Achaduie" applies to ruins situated at the NE end of Glengarrisdale about 1/2mile N of Cnoc na Teangaidh.
Name Book 1878
Ruins still visible April 1961.
Information from F Celoria, 1962.
Achaduie (name verified), a deserted settlement comprising a house, 13.0m by 3.0m internally, with attached kailyard, six smaller buildings or byres average size 6.0m by 3.0m internally, and one or two stock enclosures. The settlement is situated towards the north end of an area of lazy bed cultivatiion occupying about four hectares of a valley bottom. The date of desertion is not known.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (NKB) 7 May 1978
This township comprising three unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1881, sheet cxlvii). Four unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1981).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 12 October 1998
