Bute, Ambrisbeg
Building (20th Century), Smithy (19th Century)
Site Name Bute, Ambrisbeg
Classification Building (20th Century), Smithy (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ambrisbeg Smithy, Greenwood House, Greenwood Smithy
Canmore ID 88670
Site Number NS05NE 49
NGR NS 06967 59028
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/88670
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
NS05NE 49 06967 59028.
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 0695 5902 Site 47 Greenwood Smithy
Immediately south of the junction of the Ambrisbeg cottage track with the main road, is the site of a house known as Greenwood, demolished c1950, which replaced an older smithy on the site, sometimes known as Ambrisbeg smithy. A painting of the smithy hangs in the Bute museum.
Proudfoot and Hannah 2000
NS 0695 5902 Site of building: Located on W side of main road, on S corner of junction with Ambrisbeg farm track. These are the foundations of a house, which replaced older smithy on this site. It was demolished c.1960.
Information from Bute Natural History Society Deserted Settlement Survey (1991-9)
(RCAHMS WP000273)
Field Visit (1863)
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 0695 5902 Site 47 Greenwood Smithy
Immediately south of the junction of the Ambrisbeg cottage track with the main road, is the site of a house known as Greenwood, demolished c1950, which replaced an older smithy on the site, sometimes known as Ambrisbeg smithy. A painting of the smithy hangs in the Bute museum.
Proudfoot and Hannah 2000
NS 0695 5902 Site of building: Located on W side of main road, on S corner of junction with Ambrisbeg farm track. These are the foundations of a house, which replaced older smithy on this site. It was demolished c.1960.
Information from Bute Natural History Society Deserted Settlement Survey (1991-9)
(RCAHMS WP000273)
(RCAHMS WP000273)
Field Visit (7 May 2009)
NS05NE 49 06967 59028
All that is now visible of Greenwood Smithy is the concrete floor of a building in the NE corner of a field of rough pasture 200m SE of Ambrisbeg farmsteading. The smithy is depicted roofed on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1869, sheet CCXV; 1897 Sheet CCXV.NW).
Several fruit trees and bushes are visible in the former garden to the S of the building.
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 7 May 2009.
