Abbot's Isle
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Abbot's Isle
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 84607
Site Number NM93SE 12
NGR NM 9534 3422
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Ardchattan And Muckairn (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM93SE 12 9534 3422
(NM 953 342) A farmstead, which comprises a complex of roofless buildings attached to a yard, which is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet lxxxvii) and is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1975).
Information from RCAHMS (PM) 23 June 1995
"At one time there apparently has been buildings on [the island] as at one place there are a great number of stones but the formation cannot be traced." (Name Book)
After further examination the depiction of this farmstead on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet lxxxvii) may comprise two unroofed buildings attached to two conjoined enclosures, one of which is incomplete.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 4 September 1998; Name Book 1875
