Islay, Sean-ghairt
Township (Post Medieval)
Site Name Islay, Sean-ghairt
Classification Township (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Sean-ghairt 1
Canmore ID 79910
Site Number NR36NE 12.01
NGR NR 3825 6774
NGR Description Centred on NR 3825 6774
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/79910
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killarow And Kilmeny
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (12 September 1993)
NR36NE 12.01 centred on 3825 6774
(Sean-Ghairt 1) 'late township group, not requiring special comment'.
(Undated) information in RNMRS
The ruins of this deserted township are situated on the lower slopes of Cnoc an Tighe, about 150m to the NW of the shore of Loch Finlaggan. The buildings and enclosures were plotted at 1:5000, as part of the survey of the landscape around Loch Finlaggan. The township is shown in ruins on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (Islands of Islay and Jura, Argyllshire, 1882, sheet 198).
Visited by RCAHMS (SH/PC) 12 September 1993
Note (30 October 1998)
A township comprising five unroofed buildings and three enclosures is depicted on the OS 1st edition 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1867, sheet cxcviii). Three unroofed buildings and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1981).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 October 1998
