Achleanan
Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Achleanan
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 92208
Site Number NM55SE 19
NGR NM 561 544
NGR Description Centred on NM 561 544
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Morvern
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NM55SE 19 centred on 561 544
Achleanan: this settlement was on the site of the present farm buildings, with another group of houses at NM 557 546, comprising some 13 buildings in all. Occupied by 1755 and continuously till the present day. Cleared c. 1840.
P Gaskell 1968
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which has three compartments, two roofed buildings, each of which have two attached enclosures, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet xxxix). One unroofed, two roofed buildings and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 May 1998
