Monument record MHG29 - Farmstead, Druimbuidhe

Summary

Mid C18 farmstead

Location

Grid reference Centred NM 59 58 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NM55NE
Old County ARGYLL
Civil Parish MORVERN
Geographical Area LOCHABER

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A farmstead comprising three unroofed, three roofed buildings, one of which has two wings, and two enclosures, and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet xxxix). One roofed building, one enclosure, a sheep wash and a short length of head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 May 1998

Outlines of 2 houses each at NW 600 580 and NM 602 582. 7 buildings in 1836, 5 houses in 1851. Occupied by 1801 till the mid-1950s. Remains of 1 house at NM 593 578.
P Gaskell 1968

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Gaskell, P. 1968. Morvern transformed: a highland parish in the nineteenth century. 157.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Apr 9 2008 4:13PM

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