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Crosben
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Crosben
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 76326
Site Number NM75SW 6
NGR NM 719 543
NGR Description Centred NM 719 543
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/76326
- Council Highland
- Parish Morvern
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NM75SW 6 centred 719 543
Crosben: At NM 719 543 are the outlines of 8-9 houses, enclosures, grain-kiln etc, occupied by 1755, probably cleared 1838. Also, at NM 719 538 are the remains of a house probably built c. 1838, occupied by 1841, abandoned c. 1882, when the house at NM 720 543 was built. This was abandoned in 1950.
P Gaskell 1968
Two unroofed buildings, one roofed building, two enclosures, a sheepfold and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet xli). Three unroofed buildings, one partially roofed building and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 13 May 1998.
