Monument record MHG42840 - School, Kilmory, Ardnamurchan

Summary

A C18-C19 schoolhouset a Kilmory, Ardnamurchan.

Location

Grid reference Centred NM 5297 6978 (88m by 88m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NM56NW
Civil Parish ARDNAMURCHAN
Geographical Area LOCHABER

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Created automatically by NMRS Register Utility
User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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NM57SW 10 centred on 529 701

See also:
NM56NW 1 NM 5312 6998 Chapel; Burial Ground; Font; Cross-head

A township comprising three unroofed buildings, one of which is a long building of three compartments, two partially roofed buildings, twenty-five roofed buildings, one of which is a long L-shaped building, one is annotated as a School and another is annotated as a Church, four enclosures, a lime kiln and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet xv). Ten unroofed, nineteen roofed buildings, which include a Schoolhouse, a Church and a Hall, three enclosures and part of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 April 1998

The school appears on the 1st edition 6 inch OS map and so dated to, at latest, 1875-76. The building had changed on the 2nd edition 6 inch OS map, suggesting that at some point prior to c.1900 alterations and expansions were undertaken. <1> <2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. 1875-6. Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map: Argyll. Digital.
  • <2> Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. 1900. Ordnance Survey 2nd edition 6 inch map: Argyll. Digital.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

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Record last edited

Mar 27 2014 12:54PM

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