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Eignaig

Township (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Site Name Eignaig

Classification Township (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Canmore ID 81996

Site Number NM74SE 1

NGR NM 795 439

NGR Description Centred on NM 795 439

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Morvern
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Lochaber
  • Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NM74SE 1 centred on 795 439

(NM 7947 4389) Eignaig: no certain early remains, settlement shown on Argyll estate plans, 1770, on the site of the present cottage, built in 1864.

P Gaskell 1968

Three unroofed buildings, one roofed T-shaped building, three enclosures and a length of field wall are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet lxxi). One unroofed, two roofed buildings and three incomplete enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 24 August 1998

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