Bute, Kilmory Chapel
Farmstead (18th Century)
Site Name Bute, Kilmory Chapel
Classification Farmstead (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kilmorry Mcniel, Kilmory Mcneil
Canmore ID 88676
Site Number NS05NW 19
NGR NS 0434 5949
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/88676
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
NS05NW 19 0434 5949.
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 single unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire and Buteshire 1869, sheet ccxv), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1978).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 15 October 1998.
NS 0442 5948 Site 90 Kilmory McNeil
In the field below the road north of the Mecknoch lay-by some old trees still mark the line of a yard wall belonging to this farm, which is on record from 1506 as the middle portion of Nether Kilmory. It was held by the McNeil family, whose burial place can be seen in the High Kirk graveyard. The farm was abandoned c1835, and its lands divided between Mecknoch and Little Kilmory. The layout of the yard is shown on the 1st OS map.
Proudfoot and Hannah 2000
NS 0442 5948 Site of old farm: Between Mecknoch and little Kilmory, W of chapel, c. 30m W of the road. There are the traces of a yard still marked by some old trees, same as shown on OS1 1863 map. There is a farm in record from 1506.
Information from Bute Natural History Society Deserted Settlement Survey (1991-9)
(RCAHMS WP000273)
This farmstead was situated in the corner of an improved field 100m W of Kilmory Chapel (NS05NW 1). Other than a few sycamore trees, which stand on the remains of an enclosure bank, the farmstead comprises a platform that supported a rectangular building depicted unroofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1869, Sheet CCXV). This building (NS 04406 59482), which stood on the SE side of the enclosure, is probably one of the four buildings depicted here on an 18th century estate map (Foulis 1758-9).
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, PM) 20 May 2009.
Antiquarian Mapping (1758 - 1759)
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 0442 5948 Site 90 Kilmory McNeil
In the field below the road north of the Mecknoch lay-by some old trees still mark the line of a yard wall belonging to this farm, which is on record from 1506 as the middle portion of Nether Kilmory. It was held by the McNeil family, whose burial place can be seen in the High Kirk graveyard. The farm was abandoned c1835, and its lands divided between Mecknoch and Little Kilmory. The layout of the yard is shown on the 1st OS map.
Proudfoot and Hannah 2000
NS 0442 5948 Site of old farm: Between Mecknoch and little Kilmory, W of chapel, c. 30m W of the road. There are the traces of a yard still marked by some old trees, same as shown on OS1 1863 map. There is a farm in record from 1506.
Information from Bute Natural History Society Deserted Settlement Survey (1991-9)
(RCAHMS WP000273)
Desk Based Assessment (15 October 1998)
A single unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire and Buteshire 1869, sheet ccxv), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1978).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 15 October 1998.
Field Visit (20 May 2009)
This farmstead was situated in the corner of an improved field 100m W of Kilmory Chapel (NS05NW 1). Other than a few sycamore trees, which stand on the remains of an enclosure bank, the farmstead comprises a platform that supported a rectangular building depicted unroofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1869, Sheet CCXV). This building (NS 04406 59482), which stood on the SE side of the enclosure, is probably one of the four buildings depicted here on an 18th century estate map (Foulis 1758-9).
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, PM) 20 May 2009.
