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Low Tirfergus

Architectural Fragment(S) (17th Century)

Site Name Low Tirfergus

Classification Architectural Fragment(S) (17th Century)

Canmore ID 38333

Site Number NR61NE 27

NGR NR 664 184

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Campbeltown
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

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Field Visit (July 1961)

NR61NE 27 664 184.

Three carved stones are incorporated in the masonry of an out-building which stands behind the farmhouse of Low Tirfergus. The first comprises part of a commemorative panel and bears in relief the inscription: AGVST / [1]6 L M N 77. This inscription evidently incorporates the date, August, 1677, together with the initials of Lachlan MacNeil of Tirfergus and Lossit, who died in 1695 (en.1). The two other fragments, both carved human heads, may also be ascribed to the 17th century; they may originally have served as gable skewputs. It is locally believed that all these fragments were associated with the old house of Tirfergus, which stood hereabouts (cf. also No. 366).

RCAHMS 1971, visited July 1961.

(en.1: Macneil, R. L., of Barra, The Clan Macneil (1923), 114)

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