Monument record MHG494 - Township, Unibeg

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NM 6653 5073 (208m by 167m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NM65SE
Old County ARGYLL
Civil Parish MORVERN
Geographical Area LOCHABER

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Centred on 665 507

This site has been split into two. For the second group of buildings mentioned by Gaskell see:
NM65SE 19 (NMRS ref no) NM 677 507 Farmstead; Sheepfold; Field
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 May 1998

Unibeg. Remains of 11 houses, plotted on O.S. 6" 1900, seen in 1956 in area centred NM 665 508 and 3 other houses, also plotted, seen at NM 679 506. Both areas are now covered with forest. The houses were occupied by 1755, and cleared in 1838.
P Gaskell 1968

Unibeg not visited; 10 houses visible on OS 6" map.
Visited by OS (N K B) 16 June 1970

Nine unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet liv), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 May 1998

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Gaskell, P. 1968. Morvern transformed: a highland parish in the nineteenth century. 144.
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Highland Council Archaeology Unit. HCAU Slide Collection Sheet 16. Colour slide. . Digital (scanned). 305,311,316-17,322.

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Record last edited

Apr 4 2017 3:51PM

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