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Bute, Glen Callum
Corn Drying Kiln (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bute, Glen Callum
Classification Corn Drying Kiln (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Glencallum, Glenhallum
Canmore ID 78691
Site Number NS15SW 25
NGR NS 10765 53213
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78691
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kingarth
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
NS15SW 25 1077 5319.
Recorded during survey of deserted settlements; records are held in the Bute Museum.
Sponsor: Bute Antiq Natur Hist Soc; St Andrews Heritage Services.
Hannah and Proudfoot 1994.
A farmstead annotated 'Ruins', comprising three unroofed buildings and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1869, sheet ccxxvii). Three unroofed buildings and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1978).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 22 December 1998.
NS 107 532 Site 4 Glencallum
On the west bank of the burn in Glen Callum are the well preserved ruins of a small farm, formerly a pendicle of North Garrochty, probably deserted c1800. Two rectangular buildings, one with mortared walls, the other dry stone, and two yards and a corn kiln survive, along with two other sub-rectangular structures of uncertain interpretation. In 1999, one of three sycamore trees on the site was blown over.
Proudfoot and Hannah 2000
NS 1075 5320 Ruined farmstead: Located in Glen Callum, on W bank of burn, 0.6km from shore at Glencallum Bay. There are the ruins of 2 houses with yards. One building has mortar in the gable. Three smaller buildings, probably older, 90m to the S. Corn kiln 100m SE. There is a farmstead in record from 1590. Became a butt of North Garrochty, probably c.1649.
Information from Bute Natural History Society Deserted Settlement Survey (1991-9)
(RCAHMS WP000273)
This farmstead is situated towards to the SE end of Glen Callum, on the SW bank of the un-named burn that drains the bottom of the valley. It comprises a compact cluster of buildings and enclosures, with another building, enclosure and corn-drying kiln about 70m to the SE.
Within the main cluster of buildings there is a rectangular building (NS 1076 5321), which stands on the NW side of an irregularly-shaped garden enclosure. This building, which contains two compartments and has been reduced to its lower courses, measures at least 16m in length from NE to SW and has rounded internal corners. There is a possible entrance in the NW side. Immediately W of this building is another (NS 10755 53209), which measures 7.8m from E to W by 4.2m transversely within mortared rubble walls 0.7m in thickness and standing up to 1m in height at the W end. A platform within a small enclosure immediately to the N of this building may indicate the site of a further structure.
The building (NS 10779 53169) 70m to the SE of the main cluster measures 5.5m from NE to SW by 3.7m transversely over grass-grown wall-footings 0.6m in thickness and 0.4m in height. The building, which is built along the contour, appears to be open-ended on the SW. A small enclosure (NS10790 53155) lies 8m SE of the building; the corn-drying kiln (NS10806 53143), which measures at least 3m in diameter and is set into the slope on the SW, is situated a further 20m to the SE.
'Glenhallum' farmstead is depicted on an 18th century estate plan (Foulis 1758-9; RHP 14107), which shows two buildings at right angles to one another on the N and E sides of an enclosure defined by trees. The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1869, sheet CCXV) depicts the main cluster of three unroofed buildings and an enclosure, and a single unroofed building to the SE.
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH, IP) 17 March 2009.
Antiquarian Mapping (1758 - 1759)
Field Visit (1991 - 1999)
Recorded during survey of deserted settlements; records are held in the Bute Museum.
Sponsor: Bute Antiq Natur Hist Soc; St Andrews Heritage Services.
Hannah and Proudfoot 1994.
NS 107 532 Site 4 Glencallum
On the west bank of the burn in Glen Callum are the well preserved ruins of a small farm, formerly a pendicle of North Garrochty, probably deserted c1800. Two rectangular buildings, one with mortared walls, the other dry stone, and two yards and a corn kiln survive, along with two other sub-rectangular structures of uncertain interpretation. In 1999, one of three sycamore trees on the site was blown over.
Proudfoot and Hannah 2000
NS 1075 5320 Ruined farmstead: Located in Glen Callum, on W bank of burn, 0.6km from shore at Glencallum Bay. There are the ruins of 2 houses with yards. One building has mortar in the gable. Three smaller buildings, probably older, 90m to the S. Corn kiln 100m SE. There is a farmstead in record from 1590. Became a butt of North Garrochty, probably c.1649.
Information from Bute Natural History Society Deserted Settlement Survey (1991-9)
(RCAHMS WP000273)
Desk Based Assessment (22 December 1998)
A farmstead annotated 'Ruins', comprising three unroofed buildings and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1869, sheet ccxxvii). Three unroofed buildings and one enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1978).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 22 December 1998.
Field Visit (17 March 2009)
This farmstead is situated towards to the SE end of Glen Callum, on the SW bank of the un-named burn that drains the bottom of the valley. It comprises a compact cluster of buildings and enclosures, with another building, enclosure and corn-drying kiln about 70m to the SE.
Within the main cluster of buildings there is a rectangular building (NS 1076 5321), which stands on the NW side of an irregularly-shaped garden enclosure. This building, which contains two compartments and has been reduced to its lower courses, measures at least 16m in length from NE to SW and has rounded internal corners. There is a possible entrance in the NW side. Immediately W of this building is another (NS 10755 53209), which measures 7.8m from E to W by 4.2m transversely within mortared rubble walls 0.7m in thickness and standing up to 1m in height at the W end. A platform within a small enclosure immediately to the N of this building may indicate the site of a further structure.
The building (NS 10779 53169) 70m to the SE of the main cluster measures 5.5m from NE to SW by 3.7m transversely over grass-grown wall-footings 0.6m in thickness and 0.4m in height. The building, which is built along the contour, appears to be open-ended on the SW. A small enclosure (NS10790 53155) lies 8m SE of the building; the corn-drying kiln (NS10806 53143), which measures at least 3m in diameter and is set into the slope on the SW, is situated a further 20m to the SE.
'Glenhallum' farmstead is depicted on an 18th century estate plan (Foulis 1758-9; RHP 14107), which shows two buildings at right angles to one another on the N and E sides of an enclosure defined by trees. The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1869, sheet CCXV) depicts the main cluster of three unroofed buildings and an enclosure, and a single unroofed building to the SE.
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH, IP) 17 March 2009.
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