Monument record MHG90 - Possible Farmstead, Baile Geamhraidh

Summary

Probable late C18 farmstead, abandoned by 1872.

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Grid reference Centred NM 6220 5580 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NM65NW
Old County ARGYLL
Civil Parish MORVERN
Geographical Area LOCHABER

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Centred on 622 558

Six unroofed buildings, one of which has an attached enclosure, and another enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet xl), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 14 May 1998

Baile Geamhraidh: Remains of 8 houses, now under forest. Occupied by 1770, abandoned by 1872.
P Gaskell 1968

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Gaskell, P. 1968. Morvern transformed: a highland parish in the nineteenth century. 153.

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Record last edited

Feb 27 2013 1:52PM

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