MID ARGYLL: A FIELD SURVEY OF THE HISTORIC AND PREHISTORIC MONUMENTS by MARION CAMPBELL, F.S.A.SCOT., and MARY L. S. SANDEMAN
INTRODUCTION THIS investigation bega n 195ni 4 wit attempn ha compilo t t elisa knowf o t n sites e theth nf o newl e us yinformatioe n r th homow ou r r fo en i ou d arer nan fo a formed Natural History and Antiquarian Society of Mid Argyll. We have restricted e Locar worth ou o lkt Government District, whic s boundeh i e soutth y hb n o d Kintyre (and excludes most of the village of Tarbert Lochfyne with its castle), and on the north by a line drawn from the seacoast south of Loch Melfort, along the watershe southere f Locth o o d t h en nAwe d thencan , e from Braevallich, Loch Awe, along watersheds roun heade dth Glenf so shore sth Ara eo Shirat d yd an an , of Loch Fyne just west of Dunderave Castle. r methoOu s bee dha compilo nt a ecatalogu e fro l availablmal e sourcese th : Ordnance Surve map" y 6 Lis e f Scheduleth ;o t d Guardianshidan p Monuments; the List of Ancient Monuments compiled by local informants for Argyll County Counci printed an l they db m1915n i ; published accounts; placenames r photoai , - graph locad san l information r eacFo .h recorded sitpreparee ew looseleada f sheet and index card, and visited the sites as other commitments allowed. There are still some sites to be visited, and some entries in the catalogue are still not as full as we should wish, due to visits having been made, of necessity, in unfavourable conditions. We have recorde Nationae dth l Grid positio eacf no h site located, checkey dan published data, re-measuring where this seemed desirable, noting changes since the published record recordind an , relevany gan t information available l measureAl . - ments were made with a 6-ft. steel tape and a 33-ft. surveyor's tape, as it proved impossible for two operators to handle a longer tape bn exposed sites in bad weather. A prismatic compass was used for bearings, which have not .been corrected as no deviation card is available; it should be noted that appreciable local deviation may encounteree b thin di s area. ! Wher have ew e been unabl checo et k published measurements (e.g. wher esita e is under afforestation) these are marked with an asterisk in the catalogue. r investigationOu s wil continuede lb presene Th . t catalogu bees eha n closet da 3Oth September 1963 except for points of detail. Future finds will be reported in Discovery and Excavation as they are made. catalogue Th arranges ei accordancn di e with dateable sites elsewhere, without excavation except where stated; we offer it merely as a field guide and not as a final classification. Distribution maps (figs. 2-6preseny )ma misleadina t g picture; some areas which appear to be blank are either afforested and difficult to investigate, or 2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 hav o rangr limitt s beee eou th d no f nt esan o a closely searched grapA . heightf ho s (fig. i) offers some guidanc likele th yo et distributio thesn ni e areas indicated an , s that sites are unlikely to occur over the looo-ft. contour in this area. The Appendix lists stray finds and excavated objects, and is cross-indexed with the catalogue. We must acknowledge most gratefully the help and encouragement received from many experts and from the following bodies: Argyll County Council (especially for access to unpublished material collected for the 1915 List); the Conservator, officers and employees of the Forestry Com- mission; Glasgow University Extra-Mural Department and their Tutor for Argyll, . CregeenR . E r M , M.A., F.S.A.SCOT Inspectoe th .; Ancienf ro t Monument Scotlandf so ; Ordnance th e Surve theid yan r Archaeology Officer r mapsfo , , acces Originao t s l Namebook mucd san h other help Royae th ; l Commissio Ancienn no Historid an t c Monument f Scotlando s e Curatorth ; Nationae stafd th f san o f l Museu Anti-f mo ~ quities of Scotland, the Glasgow Museums and Art Gallery, and Fort William Museum fellow-memberr ou d Argyld an ; Mi e l th Society f so r individuaOu . l infor- mano mantto nameo e yt sar t withou bu , t much local guidanc coule ew d never have carried through our investigations.
SocietyThe indebtedis Councilthe to Britishfor Archaeology for a grant towards the expense of publishing this paper.
I 2. 3-4-5 6 7 89 IONG CAIRNS STANDING STOHES ROUND CAIRNS SHOST CISTS CUMARKS & FORTS EARLY CHRISTIAN SITES »k CASTLES CONTROL (GROWS D) (GROUPS D) CUP-HflNGS; MEDIAEVAL CHIUSTIAII SITES ^ GBOUP-PtESENT BOULDERS A -DAY POST OfFICi S ROCK SHEETS h. OTHERS • FIG. I. Diagram showing distribution of monuments by height above sea level ORDE CATALOGUF RO E
Page Shell Mounds 6 6 Cave rock-shelterd san s Chambered and unopened long cairns 8 Round cairns and bank-and-ditch graves 11 Short cists without apparent cairns 19 Recorded cairns and cists not traced (including placenames) 22 3 2 Standing Stones Cupmarks and cup-and-ring marks 29 Markings simila abovo t r t doubtfullebu 5 3 y artificial Other carvings 36 Prehistoric working sites 38 Forts (including Duns and defended settlements) 39 Sites checked for Forts 60 Crannogs 6i 2 6 Long cistsmald san l cairns Early Christian (pre-twelfth century3 6 ) sitestoned san s 5 7 Medieval Christian sites Wells 82 Castles 86 Court hills and meeting-places 89 Sites with historic traditions 91 Some post-Reformation buildings of interest 95 Hut-circle housd san e ruins (classificatio examplesd 8 nan 9 ) Mines 101 Millston quernstond ean e quarries 101 Rock-cut basins 102 Distribution Maps 106 Appendix: Tabl Findf eo s 111 BIBLIOGRAPH ABBREVIATIOND YAN S ACC List of the Monuments of Argyll: Argyll County Council, 1915 ACC(u) Unpublished material collecte above th r edfo Adomnan Adomnan's . AndersonO . M d lifean , Nelson . . Columba:oO St f . A . , 196ed 1 AMG Ancient Monuments, Vol. VI : Scotland. HMSO, 1959 AM.Sch.L. List f Scheduledo Guardianshipd an Monuments Argyll:n i Ministr f Worksyo ,
Arch, Scot. Archaeologia Scotica; 6 vols., 1782-1900: Soc. Ant. Scot. Brown Memorials of Argyleshire: A. Brown, Greenock, 1889 Craignish Tales Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition, I: Argyleshire Series (ed. Lord Archd. Campbell), London 1891 Currie A description of the antiquities and scenery of the parish of North Knapdale, Argyllshire: Archd. Currie, Glasgow, 1830 Dean of L. Scottish Verse from the Book of the Dean of Lismore; ed. W. J. Watson: Oliver and Boyd for Scottish Gaelic Texts Society; 1937 Drummond Sculptured Stones f lonathed o an West Highlands; . J Drummon d (ed. post- humously): Soc. Ant. Scot., 1 88 1 ECM The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland: J. Romilly Alien, FSA, HON.FSA. SCOT.; Neill and Co. for Soc. Ant. Scot., 1903 Haldane Drove Roads of . HaldaneScotland:B . R . A , Nelson, 1952 Henderson Survival in belief among the Celts : G. Henderson, Glasgow, 1911 H.Prs.II Highland Papers, Vol. II: Scottish History Soc., 1916 Leitch Ardrishaig s Vicinity:it d an Colin Leitch, M.A., Govan, 1904 MacF MacFarlane's Geographical Collections, Vol. II : Scottish History Society, 1907 MacG & R Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland: D. MacGibbon and T. Ross (5 vols.), Edinburgh 1887-92 Mad Inveraray, Its Scenery and Associations : Peter Maclntyre, Glasgow, 1 909 Misc. IV Fourth Miscellany Scottishe th f o History Society, 1926 Mitchell History of the Highlands and Gaelic Scotland: Dugald Mitchell, Paisley, 1900 ONB Original Namebooks (MSS), Ordnance Survey archives (by parishes) Orig.Par Origines Parochiales Scotiae : Bannatyne Club, 1 854 OS Ordnance Survey 6-inc sheetp hma s ofA. R. Records of Argyll: Lord Archibald Campbell, Edinburgh, 1885 Reg. Pass. Registerium MonasUrii de Passelet: ed. C. Innes, Maitland Club, 1832 Sc. Cas. The Scottish Castle: . CrudenH . S , Nelson, 1960 SECT Scotland in Early Christian Times: Dr J. Anderson, Edinburgh, ' 1 88 1 Ace.\stSt. First Statistical Accoun f Scotlano t d (1793). (Parishes of — Craignish, , 436VI : Glassary, XIII, 653: Inveraray , 287V , : Kilcalmoneld an l Kilberry : Kilmartin53 , X , . ,Knapdale N VIII : 90 , 255. VI ,S : Knapdale, XIX, 308) 2nd St. Ace. Second Statistical Accoun Scotlanf o t d (1846), Vol. VII. Stuart Sculptured Stones of Scotland: Dr John Stuart, (Old) Spalding Club, 1856, 1867 (2 vols.) Syn. Recs. Records of the Synod of Argyll, 1639-61, 2 vols. : Scottish History Society, 194 d 1943an 4 MID ARGYLL ARCHAEOLOGICAN A : 5 L SURVEY T.P.S. Tarbert Picturen i Story:d . Mitchellan D , Falkirk, 1908 White Archaeological Sketches, Vol. II, Knapdale: T. P. White, Captain, R.E., Blackwood, 1875 Periodicals Antiq Antiquity (quarterly) E & D Discovery Excavation,d an Scotland (annual) PPS Proceedings Prehistoricthe of Society PRIBA Proceedings Royalthe of Inst. of British Architects PS AS Proceedings Societythe Antiquariesof of Scotlandof TDGAS Trans.Dumfriesthe Gallowayof and Arch. Soc. TGAS Trans. of the Glasgow Antiquarian Soc. (new series) Other abbreviations symbolsand used textin FC Forestry Commission FWM Fort William Museum, Inverness-shire NMA National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburgh f scheduled monument guardianship monument * measurements taken from published account § measurements p takema nS froO " m6 PROCEEDING E SOCIETYTH F O S , igGl-62 _c . i in 8 m £'«-§ to Q ^H U „ a si w-s cl a § 2 Tj- < H g U ci .M TB o 3 $ 1 a ^ i >. 1 0) CO 3 I a B S. o n cause d b y ells. ) j^ t 1 s S .a 2 I ca 4J tv 3 •c§a o p 1 1 Is n g >. * t-t J3 ai CT to •4-> 1 •S *-H flj 1 B 1 S t) ca occupant , als o f us e i n igt h a (Spanish? ) murderer' s 1 out . Se e 468 , 633 mit's ' cave : trad , o f murd i b y (loc . cit.) "8§ a Flint s reporte d fro m ditche r 1) S placename ) . 8
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' Ver y small , betwee n larg e rock s a t foo o f Conceale d an walle entrance : narro w Large, dry , rathe r airless low-roofed : o n Lo w bu t dr y : midde n a entranc e contain s Narrow , damp bu t ha s stepping-stone o Walle d entranc e t o conceale dr y cave . C/} CO s z o 1—1 m £15 1 03 ^3 O 3 1 *° to < 5 )_l ,_ in w in CO in o CT> IN o> lO s. !> r^ O5 in (M i^ ID (N r^ 5 Q CO o £ r^ r~ l£> ID ' C£>O 2 S § (N •* 01 CT> CO r^. <5 O ID t^ (n •8 O> CO i^ o I r^ t^ CO r^ «5 r* ' cf Crf & erf erf erf Crf £ I£ " ^-a rs z, Z z Z ^ Z; £ Z a o. $ 2 V O V •s "•$'$ 02 iH t-i -° 0 ^- O .S'u" iai 1e- 3§ 1? 3 S O S 'ZT •3 « HH " JS S 2. P Achnab a P Uam h na m B o Uam h n a Crei c Uam h Dhub P Uam h Bar r Ch s . Auchnangou l ( 'ter Name of S . Arichona n . Auchnangou l ( pi in 1O r- CO CD o> 6 (N CO 4- CO CO CO CO CO CO CO S CN CO CO CO curved notc botn ho h upper cornerso N . capstones in situ. Chamber floor i ft. 6 ins. below outside ground level. 40. Auchoish NR87ogn 6" OS Large, damagedt a : . *cairft 3 4 n x 13 . 7ft Excavated without finds: flint horns (NNE), . 2wid0ft t SSWea . ft 5 , knife nearbyw , No App. . 75 , high max. Ruined chamber behind easily reacheroaC F o t dy b d horns, side-chamber halfway along ESE Craigmurrail from Cairnbaan (septal?o sideTw . ) slabs, notched. crossroads. 41. Barmore Wood Two segmented cists exposed in esker: Ova t withihu l n horns, 605. Site horned forecourt at NE, ruined but pro- overlooked by 38 and 39. Ex- ft.0 2 : ft.4 x cis :. bablx tft . 15 7ft y3 cavatio progresn ni s. 196G . 3(J 69 ft. to SW another in line, 13 ft. x ? & M. Scott). g 3 ft. Probably some cairn material added eskero t . Kerb only doubtfully traceable. (Recorded prior excavation.o t ) 42. NR847954 6ftx . "Cair.ft Facad5 7 , nx N 8. t e4a ft Cist on PS AS plan is inner segment, . acrosft 4 2 s arc, chambe. ft 2 x r . 14ft ruined outer segment extends to . Cisfacadd in an 8 t e examined without facjade. To NW, two slabs may be finds (loc. cit.). covers removed r secondaro , y cists. (Nearby, 58 q.v.) Buireaa n r 43Ca n. NM85IO44 6" OS e on . : axift Ruine NE s4 x d . ft cis 8 t Cairn removed ca. 1854. Name (Grave of the Two Fools) Craignish Tales notched ?septal slab. Cairn foundations recorded by E. R. Cregeen with (Salachry, ACC) (trad.) traceable near uprights. brothero tradtw f fougho o , swh t ACC each other. Trad. (loc. cit.) of Misc. IV, pp. r temporarfo e us y concealment ao 212-14 of bodies in 13th c. (see 537, 553). > w 44. Carn Ban NM84OOI5 6" 05 Unopened: crowns ridge, conspicuous from Not^ part of the linear cemetery o (White Cairn) Kilmartin. About 80 ft. x 60 ft. x ): see 105. t-1 Carnasserie t centrenearla . ft 0 y.2 Kerb traceabll eal o round. o 45. Carn Ban NNo64Oi8 ONE On terrace about 50 ft. above shore. 75 ft. Cairn material includes many oM Kenmore (name mis- r moreo . ft , 0 possibl4 x e . facadNE t ea white stones, some large blocks placed on 6" Overgrow sigo plunderingn f nt o nbu . of quartz. OS) a 46. Carn nBa ONE 6" OS No cairn now traceable: see next entry. Removed for road building? or *> Three Bridges, Glen name misplaced? (Nearby, 123.) < Aray w 47. Carn Ban? NNo85i44 *Moun ft.0 3 ,d x axi15 . s0ft N/S. Plun- See App., 71, re gold objects from dered, overgrown by bushes. this area. 48. Corlarach £/s8D& 6 , Large spread mass of stones 120 ft. dia. x If not a cairn, might be clearance (below) 4 ft. high, apparently kerbed in places. f fiel o r riverbeo d o avoit d d flooding? . Crara49 e NRgSGgya *Cairn 115 ft. x 60 ft., facing E. Facade Finds, App. . ONE;22 , '4 coffins ('Standing Stones' ACC) 6,/56,3,/57,6 . widft largf 5 eo 3 e erect slab walld san - containing human bones and (ACC) ing. Chamber 16 ft. x 3 ft. to 4 ft. Ex- ashes found near Church' (451). PSAS.xciv.i inf. cavated (loc. cit.). Cairn site near, 75. (excavation report) 10 PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , 1961-62 -O t-- D -M T3 L- 1^3 ua «S -A<8 g C •s C M<- §|, rt a i-B|8 CT>._- !! 2 .§ ^1 o u^: 1 _ co<£o P?5 d? « <^r~ s ^ rt bo"8 -M -^^ ^ u « m 0) ^ S^ ° a Ji.a »^ 5; •S* tt J -s 5- - e o f cair n remainin g (i on e eve r existed ) . gO 2 *I 4 ft . 8 in x t o 2 wid e x 8 ft . 3 in max height , severa l capstone s i n situ, thre e compartments . SallilSi traceabl e a t place s o n perimete r f cairn . chamber : secondar y shor t cis i n fore - alon g ridge . A t 2 6 ft in fro m N'l y end , a cis t leas 7 ft . 3 in lon g ma y exten d N t o limi f cairn . Sligh ker b b e include d here . cour t (facad e facin g app . NE) horne d facade , chambe r nearl y 2 0 ft . long b y track . sligh t corbellin g a rear : facad e E end . N o capstone s i n situ. O a hig h terrac e wit h a t leas on e septa l slab , i n larg plundere d cair n a t edg e o f to ft . terrace Pi o Cair n 6 1 ft . x 3 7 4 ft. , axi s NN W A larg e megalithi c chamber , wit h n o trac Th e larg chambe r o n S shoul d probabl y Horne d facad e wit h blocke portal , ruine Cair n abou t 14 5 ft . x 4 ft. , ma y hav e «•» Ruine d cis t 1 0 ft . lon g (min.) , axi s app N 2. s? •* m ^* CO o> m N O r< S S mm_ •* 1 *C CO-* „ 1 CO* CO CO t^,; 5 O CO-,- IN CO «?, 5s m j m i ^ ,,• i-^ J CO 01 3 1*3 § M o eo JO m Ol O in 8 CT) (N §> m CO I Ol 1 8 cf w CO O) 3 CO eg r^ 2 S p< A oS S § s Pi 1 ^ z Z Z Z Z z Z .a (/-™M3 rt | o 58. Rhudil NR846952 PSAS.ixiv.i39 ft.6 : x possibl . ft 2 7 e x facadCair . ft 4 ne8 In the same valley as 42 and 60. , cairNE n plundered. Cis t . leasa tft 5 t 4 in. long, probably another (ruined) segment. 59- South Cairn NR828g8o 6' OS *Cairn 'originally 13 . diameter'4ft , with Probabl ylona g cairnd witen hS Nether Largie PSAS.vi.341-57 . ft . wid9 in chambe9 x e . ft 3 x r . 19ft removed for field clearance and/ xxxvi.i 15-16 . highin septa6 3 , l slabs: axi . ChamsN - or tipped in forecourt: N'ly short xxxvni.59, 134 ber contained Beacharra bow cremad lan - cist now hidden. Finds, App. 61. xciv.46 inf. tions, also beaker inserten si dn o cist d san Standing stones near, 187. floor: FV cist 5 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. i in. x Cairns, 113, 114, 119, 122. 4 ft. at 24 ft. N of centre of chamber (per- hap forecourtsn i , which wa clearet sno d ?). S An empty short cist 41 ft. S of same place, hH 3 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft., with cover O slab 7 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 6 in. 60. Upper Rhudil 6" OS Plundered cairedgE shelff n eno o sidW , e A samf td o N'l an d e 2 ygleen 4 s na o ('Craig-na-fiach', ACC) ACC of glen. Cist n ft. x 3ft. one side only: . (Se58 e also cupmarks, 220, ('Kilbride) Glen'E & D , D & one septal slab . lonslaa :ft bg9 forms 235-7-) F most of side. Axis NE. Septal slab F slightly notched. (Auchindrain) NNO37O3 E\yj,& 5 D 3'Lon g narrow cairn.' Large spread wall of small stones with possible house ruino n : (See also no) evidence of cist or facade. n ROUND CAIRNS AND BANK-AND-DITCH GRAVES (fig. 3) S3 > W 61. fAnaskeog NR84I953 6" OS Denuded round . dia.cairft whicn 0 i ,n 6 h FV, App., 4. Cupmarked rock o ('Rudle' PSAS.vi) PSAS.vi.3w two short cists are now exposed (three near, 202. F recorded, PSAS.vi). O 62. Asknish D & E/62 On a spur above a green slope, a mound Apparently unopened: smalt hu l Q (above) (drawn) , 6"OS . 1hig0 ft lowen ho r side, crossea y db r o shooting-butt formed from straggling field-dyke. Mound kerbed all cairn material on summit. round, §100 ft. x 80 ft. 63. Bagh Dail nan Ceann NM776O43 S OJVO * B6 cairno Tw s close . raisedtogetheft 5 2 -n o r . Ace.St ONBd 'sit an f battl o e e (Bay of the Field of the 2n . Ace.dSt 2 5 beach. S'ly . dia cairft d N'l 8 .an 3 ny with Danes — 3000 heads found on Heads) P&4.S.I.XXXII.60 . dia.cairft 5 , n3 bot h approx: central field'. hollows suggest plundering. W 64. fBallymeanach 6" OS *Bank 138 ft. dia. x 24-28 ft. wide, sur- Beaker, App. ,e followin12Se . g ('Monadh an Tairbh', PSAS.vi.337 roundin . go wid1t 2ft ditc . ft e h7 wit h entries standind an , g stones, 158. ACC) (i.e.e Fielth f do xvi. 114 causeways at E and W. Central platform Bull) xxxvin.328 72 ft. dia. with two cists. Cist near centre, LXV.278 8 ft. x 3 ft. x 2 ft., axis N x E: no finds. ACC . f ft centrex io . E ft Cis 3 , tNN . 10ft 4 in. x i ft. 10 in., axis NE, contained teeth from three bodies, and a beaker. 65. Do. NR835964 PSAS.uan. 189 Grassy mound app. 90 ft. dia.: small ex- Shows clearly on air photographs. ploratory section (loc. cit.) not carried far enoug determino ht e structure. Char- coal layer on old ground surface. 12 PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , 1961-62 re d >-g-S. h benc (n o win g fi r tree ) ord s examin a io n o f 'intr u .s i uav. Alte r S. wi t -gr o , re c i enta t low - NE, , PS orie n CO d , ^BT,O°for m Son . 0 0 1 -~ 2=3 ti-S' ! s^^ : 5^5-Jli " «a v~*S ^"10,04^" to "l^i t. XI " . '*i TO ^_, rt ,, n i-7- » <* ha' -" *^ _•£! «CQ.2f ^- fe^ " g-g 53 i g VS >'-S «"« S u > §•" ° S ?, o -id e o>.2 £ ex 111 i 'B ;>o B5 r. t '3 a, lull g.-S^^s-SSjS U J < V— - ^v°^ ° o >•_--•_ « a s >- •dd^'oxd^-g >. ) T3V > O t t o hav e bee n pu the r i 3? destroye d th e cairn' . 8.11*8^-1 o 1|! :!l O .«t in 8 •Sr^SS-g^-B -b II i^s C K « irsT*i H^-|)l2S.Sxl'« a fi ^i| g§'-S|-SK"« . M -a 1* 1?J K! o • £^-S^§gd.S|g s B0<~ CJ II CT i^i-s •=.ScooJ=UTt--5o u J3 « 1111113l«o IH o- !-"8 .S rt c -~—' ra -*j O O 0 o < S 10 § o r S t t^o ^2 § 1 1 6 " OS P&4S . C1O^ 01 a §• CO Ki c OJ 6, S o "" ""S « 2 3 •5 -"" « - -s M •fe , c^ §«a« J a~ 0 3" 6* S MID ARGYLL: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1 4t h c . (Craignish Tales: funera l bone' . Th e soi l wa s remove d b y trowe l an d riddled . Th e sherd s ar e sai d t o b dar k brow n an stil l b e i n Lung a House . (Inf fro m on e o f th excavators , memory. ) Cis t use d fo r tem - porar y concealmen t o f a bod i n mound . Reconstruction , PSAS loc . cit resembl e F V sherds : the y ma Christia n Campbell) . App 2 0 ston e formerl y surmounte d o f th e 'Whit Lad y Craignish' , shell s an d bone foun : standin g 1 6 ft . x 4 ft. , som e kerb nea r centr a bloc k to o thic t b e capston ma y remain s o f standin g stone . N sig n a covere d b y boulder-setting . centra l hollo w an d trace s o f kerb . opene d cist . roun d cair n 1 8 ft . dia wit h lo w ston y gestin g a bank-and-ditc h structure . N o sig n f opene d cist . 3 8 ft . x 4 1 i ft. , kerb smal l hea p hea p nea r centr e an d tw o uprigh t slab s projectin g a t NW . wit h leve l centre , fain t bu strongly sug - o f stone s nea r centre . kerbe d moun app . 2 0 ft dia x 5 high , with smalle r heap s (probabl y fiel d clear - ance ) nearby . Probabl y a ver larg e plundere d cairn , cu t Standin g stone 171 . Ver y clos e t o 77 , a larg lo w grass moun d Possibl e smal l cair n 9 ft . dia. , almos t levelled Cair n abou t 3 6 ft . dia. , lo w an d robbed Amon g ol d cultivation s belo w for t (302) , a 6 " O S Sligh t trace s only , lo w moun d i n fiel E o f App. 22a . ON B say Grave l Pit' , b y roa d o n N : fro m ker t 9 5 ft . E / E/6i, 6 15 0 ft . E o f S en d alignmen t (173) , a E/6o, 6 edg e o f platea u belo w farm , on wit h EI&I, 6 O n terrac e abov loc h o E , grass y moun d ic , 6 " OS ) Two possibl y three plundere d cairn s a t Cair n acros glen 1 04 . .xciv , 2 1 river . opene d an a cis t containin g E/6i, 6 Clos e unde r crags , a probabl cair n 2 5 ft . x Som fiel d clearanc overlie s cairn OS ) W , possibl e inne r rin g o f boulders cis t %%> §3 & -a 1 | 33 1 3D *Q §£ q Ir Ja Q q to „ £• « o to 10 O CO Tj* d o m ° m 0 o 0 SH- r5^ CT> CTi •s. S CN en CO CO to to t£> to to CO » 'a, CSOS CO DO CO CO CO 2 S % 1 2 1 2 2 % P^ z z z Z z z z z z * "- 2 S -s 1 J3.a % J3-SS £ — a S o rt o ^ en S3 s Cg v p c v d d 5 bo rt & c P P a P I 6™ 3~ O O 3 •* 10 CO ti. CO cii 3 ~ ci CO PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 ti 9 ^2^^-S^ *| ^-g«S nea r ja e d u ||ll5l o n ala^S'^ g ' , "II-B-sr 8rd s *1^S °-° 3gfeS ^IjT oun d . ce. r e '59 - ai r photographs . Trad , battl e wit h 'Danes ' n d (se e 1 2 1) . Standi n 'Danes ' thi s val l !H till : ashes ' f o in g th e Aces, g i t e o n floo d plain , ver y mark • t ft . A t>.£ >• ii 3~-2$ v• 8S|f £ (fO NS8 • ^ §-.* g ° QZ, *-. in C3 0 t, o S ' o"S S>0- 111 1s i 3• Si) S S c .§"»•§. o ^1§o fll^ •-s ~ -I- .«U J z 1° t *-s£TB """' C u"u u- •3 5-SBl',0 0 SS^ "s'23" 2 -.2 .gi'ssl "8 |l| iP3§ M i:l»-.,.. CJ tsi HSJB S > S^ 3,0 — "ja-a jjJJSl- S o.^- c a „ =3 u li»{- t o S £ r1 ^1 03 S o a., mm 1 33 I CO CO en CO Ci to S en 3- o $ CO <§ CO r*. o CO P4 £ s PCOi 2 z • z 2 ^-N a I 2-S o rt m Si *"•% Iss h A u 13 ^ IS' s' "' •Sa .§1 2 53 5 ••aM %—s* *^ S" Q CO CO S MID ARGYLL ARCHAEOLOGICAN A : L SURVEY ^ 1% g>gu S i_di is ios M-a>- II s s Sf W CT>g ~.s>s fe (8 r0 8 <£3 £r "* SS sit e fo r cel < ! g H i* «10 »>S i^ Confuse d b u . rt -" . Q< iO . *J S • ^Q S c^ TiJ i £ CO rt "— ' *2 to » U3 u 3 rt rt S J3 a T3 iOJ3 C t-g « |gg •a oS-c IM S*H .S.S o on r~ in r-~ s" to o •* co m «— ^T o § coc0 ; S si % % ft "• i j> » r-- b OJ <£> to « >. a > « V ,0 CO 1 °5^ * Mr O s-« tt 1 gx G jPS O^'* 0 §^ K 1 ^cp JO< % bn 1 1 ?s O Oft, TPTK O-l •8, CO r^ •8) m CO •* r^ CO o rCOt 2 0! c s « OS *! £ o cd O c § I- §3 V j Q Q 3 W l6 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, I 96 I-62 HO ir-s . ^ « fd C 0 =3 " T-J '313 2< 5^13 C4 -5- £ m ..S u •*^* S IS J3 |^- cii co^ "a g 'o J5 oc 3Cg, > G j-T <«|. . £ "3 c 3. a V ^ "-•S I •si u .2 r, e.2 ^ •2-20 C «^- cS-a (^ . s ^ u_S . aT K>c a MS «c u« 'rt O 4 2- 1^ ^2§ fe & alcS fi fa (D 3 S "2T- -d== S ° « « 03 T) u& 8 o „ i-< V C CO 'S 1§ 1 | ^ "-0 tS Ss§ ii •t2 *•* • vi1 s G m o *U . 3i CM O 3 •M flj •» 5pL| JEj U caJ5 " S ^" S G "-^ OH (- »-M iJ a 8 2-B .^a «§ a .3- O c^d .s, in g a n Iris h Bow l F V burie d i grave wit h a je t necklac e lai d abov it . (N o 2 ft . 4 in x i 9 in. , axi s NE contain - surroundin g a cis t o f slabs , 3 ft . 5 in x 6 in . covere d a centra l cis t o f boulder s oute r rin g 3 7 ft . dia. , inne 2 cair n (onl y par t opened ) wa s a doubl e rin g o f boulders , 8 ft . fro m ker b a t nearest tw o concentri c kerb s a t 1 8 ft . an d 2 7 o f opening . 7 ft . 6 in x 3 wit h inhumatio n an d tripartit e FV : coverston 9 ft . x 4 ft . 7 in Axi s NE I n S W sectio o f o-SJ. able , 2 8 ft . dia x 5 t o 6 ft. cis ma y fro m centre . Cair n 1 4 ft hig h o W , 8 point ) . Tree s gro w o n moun d bu t sig 6 in . x 4 ft Smalle r cis t below , no cair n immediatel y W o f house . centre , wit h som e ker b traceable . Ederlin e t o Loc h Aw : ker b mainl y trace - wit h ker b clear , centra l hollo w not e o f bone s found. ) measure d a s cove r undisturbed . N , cair n 6 4 ft . x 7 3 hollo w i hav e bee n destroye d : cair plundere o o n E (owin g t groun d slop e a thi s wit h expose d cis t cover , cupmarked 4 ft - tw o sides . recen t clearanc e (ma y hid cist) . ai m o n terrac e overlookin g outle t f Loc h n hig h shel f slopin g S W : 'Cair 6 ft . dia n S'l y slop e o f hill , cair 5 3 ft . dia. wit h i floo d plain . * Cair n o ft dia x 1 3 bou t 10 0 yds . SS E o f last , larg e plundere d ai m 4 1 ft . di a x high , hollowe d to p Mi marsh y arabl e betwee n shor an d hil l o O O O t— « 0 < i— t CT> CO CO T,. t-~a C* •* CO ;3 t^- co •*•-* o" ^ co d m CO CO O) M w CO r^ l-l 0 CO CO r-«. U3 O5 s CO §. CO m O CO §> cS CO CO « 1 1 & S (^ 1 55 :S 55 £ 55 55 55 55 15- G~S V c3< b o o o I "' a ^ 2 <§ MID ARGYLL: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1 $ sr-a CM *2 tCoO II (N ^ §i 1 1 Jo? l-s CO If >• r •* 5*td N 1 (N CO 2^ aS: m •S< of tO *~^ fl ll ^ Carlingfor d cairns . Possibl y 3 ^ Viking ? Loc . cit. : in g stones , 1 6 5 an d 192 . u definitel y constructe d tha n othe r mound s i n thi marsh . (Belo w Imos t i n lin e betwee tw o stand - 'oe s no t resembl e loca l Clyde - ^ M o t certain , bu ston y an d mor e OJ •t^-9 « < OT O u s Z §w 3^* fe<3° i 0 u -1 2 "^ t« Jcg a3 U O u'E OJ U ,0. i-i ut-l «f M•SS a 8& ^ §T3 c ^ ti'£3 '3 «l ^Efl 03 U "a S-"SaI 01 rt "§ H ^c o •a -8 T3 S :*$ C.O- CC *i fl t. a X " 0 . >°> 5-.fi O.g X „«) .ssi ss c 5P ,jj J . •3.3 •°iT c-S als o ha s axehea d carvings . a platfor m 4 6 ft . x enclose d b y i ft . abov e platform , wit h interva l a t SE an d clearanc e nea r centre , som kerb . app . 6 0 ft x 3 8 high Som e larg e tree s nea r top . Centr become on e cupmarked . S'l y (cupmarked ) cis t structure . Possibl e ker b bu t n o hin f an y facade . Tw o cists , on e grooved th othe r wit h cup - mark . Tw o stone s lai d fla t belo w cairn , ban k 8 ft . wid e x 2 hig h externally , waterlogged , suggestin g a n underlyin U C5 Centra l cist , axi s N capston e 6 ft . 7 in larg e slabs . Cis t 5 ft 2 in x an d a mola r (wit h dar k soil ) . Ther e wa s als o a n ova l grav e containin g dar k soil , unde r cair n (no w hidden ) ha d tw o in - cise d oval s o n W face . Alignmen t f stone s o n PSAS pla a t S suggest plante d wit h a fe w trees . Apparentl y 33.88 charcoal , an d a n o x tooth . Uprigh t ston e ea " "aS cair n ca . 3 0 ft dia N o cis t visible Mas - siv e gatepost s nearb y sugges t robbe d slab kerbed . fa?ade . Cairn*iogft . x 10 1 ft , wid e boulde r kerb Cair n 2 6 ft . x 9 high , boulder s U A grass y flat-toppe d mound , regula r oval Q .§s Cair n '7 1 ft . x 6 7 8 9 in covere d O n terrac e overlookin g las t site , plundere d So; I n fia t marsh y ground , lo w moun d 4 0 ft . dia «T3 m . . -•"s Th m U <5 '& .§! Er ta °1 6 3 O •fl-5 a Q a 1 18 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 e u d « jjg, N-5 ,£2 cflTS 8 ovg § J3XI ' X •a -5 S >» 60" H 2 en S o §1 SI- in -^ — o « « rt 3 JD &§ "?-• S"§ •8 x .2 T3 3 11 C O 01 « ll Us § ^ C w O J f» oW" s s ^s CT>C/2 o 2 fc,'u .18 £| rt o 2| 0 JS8 •s* .g* « M) s| ^^ &! JS • rt 1872) . b y a raise d circula r moun ca . 5 1 ft dia. , eart h barrow . ft . x 4 0 6 in dia. , 1 3 stone s standing socket s o f seve n mor e hav bee traced ; ga p i n rin g toward s E . Lo w inne r setting , roun d centra l cis t (alread y plundere b wit h kerb . N o sig n f cist ; resemble s a *Eart h ban k surround s rin g o f stone 4 3 stee p gree n fiel d o W f valle y i s crowne hollo w top , 2 4 ft . diam ker b al l round Larg e block s o f whit quartzit i n bot h find s an d wa probabl y a n inhumation . cairns . §H t S W edg e o f lo w ridg overlookin g mars h an d hea o f bay . Tw cairns clos e to - gether : Wly , *3 0 ft . dia x 4 ft. hollo w i n top : 5 ft . E , th e secon d cairn 3 dia . x 4 ft. , hollo w wit h 3 cist s exposed Trac e o f inne r rin g boulders . Tw cist s ha d bee n robbed , thir yielde smal l > o ft . S E f last , a denude d cair n wit h t W edg e o f flood-plai n unde r terrace . < o * < < O Ca i •S. "E O coO'- tb in CO o CO I CO =8 p7 A '•6a *PS S 3' c ^ c a .S V * 5y< 2 "3. n a s £o o"^ £o 2 I ^ - SHORT CISTS WITHOUT APPARENT CAIRNS (fig) .4 124. Achabrad, E/55D& 8 , Projecting from N'ly slop hill,f eo near road, Possibly natural? Looks lika e Inverneill Hill four erect schist blocks support a gabled small debased 'dolmen'. capstone, erratic block, 4 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. . maxin 6 x . . ft ithickness . p Reaca f ro almost touches ground,. in 3 . fronft 2 t above slope of hill. 125. Allt Creag Raonuill, NR780792 5 OXB0 " 6 flan I t ground near river stona , edgn eo e Cist wrecked pre-i868 (ONE). Ellary shows through grass: others buried near. (Badden—see 258) S, I-H 126. Bagh Duin Mhuilig PSAS.Lxx.3Q6 Gravelpi t. beach ft clos 5 shoro 2 et ) n :(i e App., 10. O (LXI.I07) two cists destroye gravey db l workingsa , On inf. from former resident, the . witin h8 . floor-sla ft x i . thirft 2 bd* bronze objects (PSAS.uu) were and larger cover, excavated. Some cist- foun n thii d s working, where quarrthe morslabin y and eslie cistsmay 'many other cists' were also seen. appear if working continues. Fort near, 343. 127. Barsloisnach ONE 6" 05 OJVOB: 'near NW corne farm'f o r a 'smal, l No o tracw n , App f cisto eFV . . (Barr Sliosnach) cist containing burnt ashes and an urn' ('Experiment Farm', recorded. igth c.) . 128Do . PSAS.ua\. 136 In marshy hollow at edge of arable. Large* App., 13(4). Cupmarks, 210. O xciv.46 inf. gabled cover, 9 ft. x 3 ft. 1 1 in. x 9 in., ACG in.2 . ,ft 2 x . in 6 . ft x i . . icisin tft 3 t w axis N 1 1 °E, grooved endslab and cup- o marks. r o ia8a. Do. Do. . ft 2 Do x .f last . o in , W 7 cove . N ft . ft r4 3 *3 'No relics', PSAS. o . 1. 1ft x iin . inin 3 .4 x :. cis ft . 3 tin 6 HH to i ft. 5 in. x i ft. 9 in. Partly paved. n 129. Brouch an Drummin NR82O972 PSAS.uini. 1 54 At edge of i oo-ft. gravel terrace : 3 cists, one App., 15(0). (ACC, 'i cist' exposed xciv-46 inf. with the famous jet necklace. A fourth is C ACC now visible, slightly lower dow cute nth - ftf ting. Two of the three excavated had < grooved sideslabs. w 130. Do. NR822973 D & E/6i 11-12 Further N in same terrace, two cists close App., I5(e). Cupmarks, 313. See together (one Beaker, one FV) and a pit also 163, 291, 402, 447. with cremated bone d cupmarkean s d cover (both cists had inhumations), and stone setting. ?) (cf 6 .6 131. Caisteal nan Coin Duibh NM799076 — 400 ft. WNW effort, on flat ground, opened Fort, 292. side in.6 . on ,e ft x i missing . cisft 4 t : partly blocke fiely db d clearance. 132. Carnasserie ? — Cist reporte edgn do terracef eo , just buried. Found by farmer 50 years ago but t openedno . 20 PROCEEDING E SOCIETYTH F O S , 1961—62 •d "u - ' 11 oun d whe n layin g wate r pip e t o reject s fro m belo w dyk e o n fiel d S it e normall y waterlogged . Ex - a landin g stones , 1 76 . ar m me n ha d accidentall y opene lo informatio n re opening , but FV < fa PM PH w w tofa £, z .s a x S 2 Ko c siw _c ~'O §• s§ 1 Jit*?' us HI * r B< M ft 0 11 M *-3 •C tt0)J (/e^) * ^ c u ^ to O 71 -a 6*3 -SJ3 *£• n C-O rt si 01 0 *i-- £3 C -S a'el'S'B •S ° ^ « «>_- "S Q -'"a 3d <£ _•°'s S? 1 1*1 •* 'M —' ••ao x" faja'ea g ts'u 0.-Q •o" 0« „ JJ tffl % o->£S *t- . „g-. d 3 d.a U t) «5t£) I ^IdS CO . iMl x ; i. 1 Ks • >. pi ' s £* S x V |*r i e-S*! o . "S X'fl e §0,0,2 -d j x ca.S o.S id? ||d _| •«co .CO feb S, T-- a >d •Sx l"t J3 IN <*• +j aj •a 8 d Tl si Id S CJ CO 3.3 - * II .S x 1872) . Far m me n showe d u s •g u c, c, c u cairn' . *Cove r 6 ft in x 5 8 in . wit h rounde d notc i n on e r Cis t 3 ft . gin x 2ft 4 in o 2ft. , i o f stone s 3 ft . N E cist' taine d a cinerar y urn. ' clos e b y t o E , bot h burie d i n tur f ques t o f far m people. ) track) . tn tO S o f rive r terrace . (No t uncovere d an d inhumation s (som e together) . fro m th e others , a solitary cis t w h progres s 1962-3) : 1 0 t o date , ere l§ P S AS: 'ruine d bu t grooved ; trac e Clos e E o f ma p site , grou F V < Cis t reporte d (no located , bu clos e OJV B : 'Cis t wit h bones , foun d b y w o ' A littl e furthe r S (fro m 8 5 abov £ 3 OJVB : 'believe d excavate fro m 2 'a?i ONB: 'cis t containin g bone s fou m 5= a r^ G O) •* cot- ,0, ^__^ in CO gl'S co "-S -2 to r^ S i O > .•s to •g, 4 s s Ix sCU 1 ^ a 1 s a o J " S £ fa o bowl cat. as from here is a dark undecorated pot with constricted n Irisa neck t h bu Bowl, - un , provenanced, displayed beside it, answer descriptione sth s quoted. 142. Kilbride NM83807 reportC AC s 'graves8 'AC founC gravelpin di t with No inf 'vessels'e .r . (App., 90.) (Turnalt) E/^6,D& , 8 'pottery vessels' n 195I foun.e 5w d scat- /57, 7 tered inhumed bones and slipped slabs facn workingso f eo 195n i open d 7a an ,n . 1ft x 1i in.. ft , a axi x s . in 6 . cisft 4 t N 25°W, cover 5 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 7 in. x 5 in. was given emergency excavation and g inhumed bones were found, skull frag- I—I ment t W'lsa y end. O 143. Kilian NNo4 40 2nd St. Ace. 26 *'Dolmen' cist resembling 124 is reported t locatedye . 450t e Se No . ONB (qu. St. Ace.}. (Trad, in 2nd St. Ace. of removal of large O 6" OS capstone may refer to another cist here.) 144. Kilmory Knap NR702749 D & E/$6, 5 Ruined cist found in field, contained broken App., 52. Site excavated and ^ PSAS.xc.227 beake quartd an r z pebbles. cleared. 145. Loch Cam a'Phuirt — Ruined cist close under small rock ridge, Said to have been opened by a ^ (Dunrostan hill) now waterlogge t hardbu e db basn ca e shepherd more than 14 years ago. > felt. Two chamfered slabs, 3 ft. 6 in. x No finds known. Cairn near fj . ft 2 x . in 8 . ft 4 d an . ix Jin . . in I 2ft loch, 99. O 3 in. x 4 in., another erect slab a ft. x i ft., probably end. Other large stones PI displaced nearby. o 146. Nether Largie See 187 6" OS Three small erect stones 23 ft. SW of largest o PSAS.vi.^S cupmarked standing stone: 'remains of o xvi.in sepulchral cist', PSAS.vi. 147. fNorth Lodge, NR823976 ACC Side of cist exposed near top of gravel ter- Poltalloch PSAS.Lxm.i8g race: cover 8 ft. 4 in. x 4ft.8in. x 3in.: xciv-46 inf. cist 4 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. x 2 ft. 6 in., outer sideslab displaced outwards. Rear side- slab may be slightly chamfered to take N'ly end. Empty. Crina148d Ol . n See 18 PSAS.xv.iO3 Beaker sherds fountinkea y b d r makinga App., 88. fireplace (from cist slabs ?) (PSAS). Further sherd d possiblan s e fragments of inhumed bone found 1959 during ex- amination of rock-shelter by J. M. Davidson. 149. Por Athlaicn a t h — Cist exposed at top of green mound near Emergency excavation after dis- (or Adhollaich) shore ft.3 ,:x covecis . ft t 4 r(on e side turbanc vandalsy eb , July 1963. Craignish damaged) 2 ft. 10 in. x i ft. 7 in. x i ft. Frags, of inhumation found, 6 in., roughly cobbled floor; axis app. (vaul craniuf o t f o t mS'ld a yen N/S. cist). 22 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, igGl-62 "S "?-" ^,<« - tJ "S n g >iS t £f ' S "3S u il e : for - >iB.2> >3 ™ b ill rid , i t r a hyb r oise' . . In f i^liftii r Baro i o . e n d i n iiis^jr- ) N tS ^ . -. _ nCC mO « +•> wa s an d oo d i 5 c i te s ' •g (PSA ntHlS "Sx's"37" S|| n e l a e s r f 81IS1 e I b gS2,2 b e 1 gg e ir BCO-.. "«Tsto n 3a b- M-Si «iiiSr«-s -8 •o1|f^« >r §«, _"o 3 ^ a n t ful l moon : childre ^.2 «•£ g los t trad , connecte d al l thre e " o - ?-t- j^ 8 f c"S^llf..S « ^ e s ? ""^ "* +•> oi n Dhuibh' , Ridg e o f th so a l inf . o f fla t ston e nea r 1 . ONB record s fo r nex t fiel d f Blac k Eoghann , an d trad tha t ille d eac h othe r there . Perhap s m e o f fiel d nex t Car n Fionn , o N th e nam 'Sliab h Mhi c a fathe r an d son ' fough t Loca l inf. , 'whit e stone ' o n tyr e sid mark s middl o f p a Baroil e Far m o n a pathway , sai d g;.sSsS£^^-| - " clos e by ) . N o sit found k i si t ho l h e o N o trac e now , unde r saw m t o hav e light s unde r an d f e ' S Blac k Cairn ' (cf . Cairnbaa n N o inf . i n OJVB Robbe d fo r ON B 'wher e som house s •< Lo c .1 I 8 I § 1 •§ g1 a S >o CO §> Si § to Z 193 IH ? 1 "3 1 Cj ^ 3 1 6 H 3 2° 6 Is STS M « 13 i f= g go 1 §» JS~ 1 0 O a 6 o Creagantairbh — Nea? 6 7 r Cist found and 'reburied undis- turbed' in arable, many years ago. (Inf. from farmer. , R coll . E . Cregeen). Creag na Ciste NNi53i67 6" OS Placename: no information. House (CraCiste th f )go ruins on hillside (above 570, Roy'b Ro s house). Ducharnan NR867938 6" OS Might mean 'Little Black Cairn', but locally pron. 'Dodcheran' and so spelt formerly. a 151. Dunan na Ciste NR7476oo S ONBO " 6 'Som 1868en (i year o ston)a sag e. cisft 3 t Low sandy ridg marshn ei cero :n - HH Ardpatrick founs . cove . wa d. . r in gone6 x . ft i' tain cist, stones on edge in O when heather-burning (ONB). several places. Ederline NM873025 CK.ACC ACC: 'Cairns for those slain at the battle of Apparently natural glacial mounds? Ederline' (i.e. Gocumgo, 562). No inserted cists located (but cf. 140 nearby). 152. Furnace NNozSooi ? — founs FV cistn di o s wheTw n stripping turf . App.44 , to enlarge quarry :quarried sitw eno . Leabaidh Ceannaiche Kilmartin/ Misc. IV, 225 'A conspicuous Stone between Ormaig and Named from a robber ('the Long Fhada (The Long Mer- Ormaig are? a Kilmartin.' Merchant', sarcastically) killed chant's Bed) ca. A.D. 141 buried 4an d neae rth stone. Name suggest 'dolmen'sa : nearest cairn, 70: nearest stand- ing stones, 162 and 166. 153. Lochead Farm (NR77778a) ist. . Ace.St xnc. 'Abou year5 2 t s ago 1793n (i ' ) 'the tenants Grid ref farmo .t e cistth : s might 308 inf. discovered six or seven stone coffins in a have gravea lai n no l terraco et field not far from the chapel' (see 499). NE. (See also cist, 125, and 'They wer differenf eo o to l t al size t bu s standing stone, 185.) short to contain a human body.' All lay E/W and were empty except one which containe dfragmena humaf o t n bone. STANDING STONES (fig. 2) C. = cupmarked; number refers to cupmark section of catalogue. 154. Achachaorun nn flaO t groun t heaa d f bayo d NR7576o S O . " Slope6 is C. 196. slightly N, axis N/S, jagged top, 6 ft. . ft 4 x . 7in 155. fAchnabreck NR85590i S ONBO " 6 Fallen bann ;o burf ko n betwee publid nol c ONB, excavations pre-i872 found Wj45.xxxvjii.l32 road and farm access road. 14 ft. 9 in. x human bones at foot of stone. ACC(u) aftx lo .. j7 in.in , slight projection near Standing stone on same road, 191 base, rounded irregular head. 156. Ardlarach Near Local inf., large stones recently NM8ioo55 moved for use as gateposts. PROCEEDING E SOCIETYTH F O S , igGl-62 .a •SiS.-'S'S'SS SSg-^BS-g•— ' S *2 C d CL w. bfl il •sas^^|l2 a 32 -M •So . O M 3 „ ^ £P? £3! *gA "o 58 CS •ai O fe^^'Sl ' (S.-S ^O tS "•a! " t -e ' t. . „.. J3 O 2s 2-^"^ J s g_.3K?'MOtS*3 SS o flO oT CO O_£ . ^l-s "I- H.P VI Cf l-l • ri o co 1 CO •S S"»2 3 'g « •ge? n g e-e 3 in . co § o £ « e OJ J1 .t2 ( I§s e, •g.s "iPj § s .s* .1 t- S ••§• u C ^J •£§£. 1-! S^ 1 - CH S.H 23 dV , S2'S •3- ' •S«.9 trt in§x S 3 = •» <. J^S c x i ft . 8 in ft. , (lozeng e section ) ; 3 55 0 ft . contour I n line , axi s N/S : (l ) section) ; (a ) 6 ft . S , leanin g NE 1 0 x 6 in. , straight n o visible markings . erect , 8 ft . 4 in x 2 i (lozeng e x 3 ft . ft. , spli t an d taperin g a top glen , ol d cultivation s an hut near line d b y boulder s o n W wit h erec t stone shar p bend , a n ova l terrac e *6 s ft . x W sid e agains t th hil l behind , out - abou t 4 ft . hig h a N E an d SW o trac e o f stone s alon g E'l y side . 4 2 ft. , th e E sid probabl y scarpe d an u x 9 in . Trackwa y passe s ston e o n E side . dyk e i s blocke d b y a falle n ston lyin g acros s th e track , 6 ft . 9 in x i Eossibl e socke t o f 3 boulder s a W end . ston e projectin g fro m groun d 1 0 ft . t o SW . non e mor tha n 3 ft . high Anothe r smal l axi s N/S , 8 ft . 6 in x 5 7 in. wid e face s an d on a t righ angle o S edge , fro m 5 ft . 6 in t o 3 9 away 5 ft . x 1 0 in an d 4 6 3 wit h tw o smalle r stone s paralle l t it corporate d i n midde wall , 8 ft . 6 in x > 2 * stones. ' fc • Grou p o f thre e stone s n terrace , W sid A t edg e o f FC , i n clearin g clos roa d a Followin g lin e o f trac k t SE , a ga p i n Misplace d i n P S AS: ston e E o f fort , 1 3 ft . co 'Standin g stone s — flagpol e foundatio n Immediatel y behin d house , tw o stone s in - I n woo d abou t 10 0 yds . E , on e larg ston m o •* •* CM CO C3 iO r^ w . 1 co . > > •* cf & o^ X X •*• ID <£" 0> « ft J H iO • X j> pri Refere X X > I? 1- 35 8 •s Co -3 s.a S) S 2. Z I . S ^ •s a «i 53- pq I M 00 s, S s> S, (3) fallen, n ft. x a ft. (i) and (2) have pointed tops rounded) (3 , . 163. Brouc Drummin ha n NR82og7 taperinA 2. ft g2 dresse x . in S d 6 O "6 ston . ft e5 Excavation (D & E) 'proves erec- ('Brochan Drummin', baset a PSAS.LXui.i$4. ,in nea6 . ft ix r cists, grave d san tion to be post-Dark Age'. ACC) ACC settlement site and erected above a de- Other sites, 129/130, 291, 402, 447. £/6iD& , 10 fensive ditch. 164. Caisteal nan Coin Duibh NM8oiO77 ACC About 100 yds. NE effort 292, a fallen stone Loc. cit., Fingalian tale of fight ('Barichbeyan', ACC) Craignish Tales 8 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft. 2 in. at betwee r (thn Fo Brae blacd nan k butt, tapering, liethreon s e others, pro- g belongindo e Princth f o t go e bably its socket. Inns s giveewa nOre)o wh , honourable burial under a stand- ing stone. 165. f(An) Car, Lechuary NR876955 6" OS On terrace overlooking flood-plain of the Old spellings 'Leckgory' and 'Leek- (sometimes 'Lechnary' P&45.XXXVHI.I26 Add. Ston ft.3 , ex almos . 13ft t square gwory' suggest name may be in litt. misreadingy b , ) section, slightly tapering near head. 'Leac Gothfruidh', Stone of Godfrey. ('Car', a crooked thing o benra rivera n di here.s a , ) 166. fCarnasserie NM834007 6" OS A pair of stones, axis almost due N/S, on a C. 215. PSAS.Liav. 142 high shoulder facin Fore gth d gap, which Cairn near, 70. (in passing) shows between them like the foresight of riflea , from higheAC hillp C u rston N . e 7ft. ft.5 , x lozeng . in 6 e section, shoulden ro , seconS edge. . N ft in d 8 6 .ston . ft e8 x 4 ft. x i ft. 3 in., roughly tapered (not cupmarked). a ffi 167. Carron 6" OS In a wide level moor close to the Add, a Hut circles and ovals nearby. Fort > . ft x i . verin 7 y . darft 2 kx ston . ft e6 near, 385. w o 5 in., slightly sloping top, lozenge section, r may be slightly dressed. Longest axis E/W. o 168. Carse ONE 6" OS Group of three in level ground at head of o PSAS.v, 'bronze plates' found at hH ACC (2 stones) bay. Pair in line, axis 010°, (i) 7 ft. 8 in. foot of one stone (App., 77). O (White, 45/7, x 4ft. x i ft. 2 in., axis 180°: 8 ft. to S, ONE (1868), 'inlaid helmed an t in.6 . ,ft x I axi . sin 'T.P.S.',6 . ft 2 x Leitch,) . 10ft (2 sword hilts' found (perhapa s for traditions 190°: 380 ft. to W (bg. 290°), (3) 7 ft. garbled memor platee th f ) yo ? s of battle) 6 in. x i ft. 7 in. x i ft. 2 in., axis 170°. Trad., loc. cit f 'cla.o n battle' PSAS.v.345 e r Equinoctial sunset over outlier whe- nob here in which one side had a finds served from between pair (i.e. sunrise be- witch to help them, who could tween pair observed from outlier). only operate from horsebacke th ; other side therefore puller he d off and won. (866382.) . i68aDo . MS Minutebook The Parish Minister Rev. Wm. MacNab Trad, connects this, the stones, and of Kilcalmonel extracn sena s e ha tm t recordinl g'Judge'a s the crag above, Creag a'mhion- and Kilberry Chair', Clach a'Breitheamh, broken up nain, 'Crag of cursing', from Kir road-metar kfo Sessio . 1892nca l e sketca : th y hb which 'criminals' (or 'Druid's 1909 then Minister, Rev. John Cameron,- re sacrifices') were thrown. mainMinutebooke th n si , showin gmasa - sive block with rough steps up to a ledge protecte sligha y db t overhang base Th e. of the rock survives at position given, close to on E of road near bridge. Oi 26 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, ig6l-62 S a ia Is 8 § 2 liil i^' 1,5 S-5 °"0 ^2 a»« ^^T) S 1 b^ %a "".a c I° 1 S.Sii? 'J-= J8SMI •81118 ae MacVic a g TO «O *C J betwee n il^ ir f St . A c r 's1«'Sxls^1"§" ^dg-^i £s S-g S a ^ § a" <« <«« 0) CO*" COg e^^ ^1-§-a«*-jS|.d| "I§.sJ- ^ 1x 3^J11|Kx3 ^11 3 I ~* l!Sls^1|.s-| I^Hfl •I •a x•* ill^i'ls^ Ilial a . "^Iw S"oljjtgc ^ |s 3.Sw § l-i|8-«.d111x|^ e 1 3 °.SN spl !-^ 8 f S|.a*^i.|'|.s^l 2a r'S 1A - i*. Sffil S|-SJ|i- ?to - 3 ark i th e 7 in . m e anot h en t ex ft . E , 1 3 in . 7 ft . 9 ll'l tandin g 11« w-lyin g C 'St a i ft . 3 babl y 4 ft . x thes e i s an d n o f lin e axi s N jj g fc I n low - align m pai r 7 N E : 2 e"~"~ »— ( 1 CO 4 <=?*"• o" & 4 > B to^ ^ 03 I O a> I •8 •3- 1 CO "<« S O "'s I c « I c i fl' o I "5 4 I o 177- tDo. (a) as above In flood-plain. Paire pointedon , , other C. 223. flat-topped. ft 8 d an . ft *i2ft5 x .. 6in . apart ft linen i 0 . 2 ,, in 4 . ft 3 x . in 6 facing NE. E'ly stone cupmarked. 178. tDo. (3) as above Flood-plain, close to river. Two erect, one fallen. *In line facing app. E. (i) 9 ft. x 4 ft. 8 in., leaning W. (2) fallen to SE, ) (3 . in 7 . ft 2 x . in 3 . ft 2 x . in 3 . 12ft 7 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. Baseline between ) e but(3)d (2 (i f Th an ,) o t 1. . 140ft in abouw . behinft no I ts i d this line. 179. Duntroon Shore NR803956 ACC banw lo k n closO shoreo et , small jagged Trad. rec. by E. R. Cregeen that M ston possibln ei y artificial mound, stone the 'Piper of Duntroon' was 0 . x 1(max.)0in . in 8 , . leanft x i . sft 4 buried here. (See 536.) ;> seaward. O 180. Eilean Righ NM8o20i8 Line of large erect slabs marking xj causeway through marsh sug- t"1 gests re-arranged alignment or " fa?ade a plun e :b -thery ma e dered cairn at S'ly side of ^ setting. ^ 181. Ford NM866032 6" OS n terracO e above . outleEderlineL f o t . ('oC n Achnacarra'AC , ACC) Axis NNE leaning E, app. 9 ft. 6 in. x O (i.e. Achadh nan 2 ft. 2 in. xi ft. 10 in. X Carradh, (Buriale Fielth f do ) Stone) oW fl i8ia. Do. (Now at Auch- — A stone 6 ft. 4 in. x i ft. 4 in. removed from Taken from pile of stones in field: o inellan House, near last sit gardeo t e f houseno y ma : cair clearancr no e? Q NM863027) have bee ncompanioa laso nt ? t 182. Glennan NM8570H — Built into dyke close N of Glennan House, Cairns near, 106, io6a. Standing on level ground. ft : 3 axi x s . NNEft 6 , , ston171N .o et in.5 . , ft x ibluntl . in 3 y pointed top. 183. Kilmory NR86886S O " 6 5 Near drives and burn at edge of shrubbery: Lochgilphead 6 ft. 9 in. x 2 ft. 10. x 7 in., axis NW. Flaky shale, badly weathered, slightly sloped top. 184. Kirnan Hill NR86797I 0MB 6" OS On hillside among old cultivations. Stone See 407. PSAS.i.x.iv.144 roughly square in section projects 3 ft. . abovin 6 e surrounding cair clearr n(o - ance ?) Total height app. 7 ft. 185. Lochead, NR77778S O " 6 o Nea ridgrw rivelo e n overlookino r g flood- Trad, of 'erection' by igth c. Achahoish White, 55 plain at head of bay. Rough shale, 6 ft. proprietor's son on eve of depar- j o in. x 2 ft. 6 in. / 2 ft. 8 in. x 11 in. / ture for India. (More likely i ft. 6 in.: axis NW. version says he whitewashed it during a farewell party.) Grave- yard near, 4993. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 a 60 C o). rilll sr. aj^Mi IT 8>2 °^a i X« u"2 CM S UC a Si OO 0 0 a o w fn do « i B c£3 .§•!« -P •«£«s 4! t.B S^ 2fc« 1/5 E o 3 ib K| § S o> CO o CO eo CO CO 8 IS "O B c % a-ti a I T3 3 bo s s J2 W &o S J3 C•1—O "< MID ARGYLL: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY s o 1 IS ^• i O •° I's-'s p^o II c o «&•§ §— <£> s!"l gw3 .5 •S, --I s.*"1 TJT3 J3 C t. £ O ^^bO = 'r. 3Sh o iM t~t« b vi °,~ ° ° >* 1 w C a 8 - us-lt?^ &.0-T3 a £ s-j- " .CO ffi(D •Jfrg ^ 6 SSlS- ~d.e S jjS t-i .M " W a QJ o S Sw r£t S_rt; ^ . W .ft hJ'3n3 -o °p1 c tif""bcC ;o r 10 "2Tc c! s Clos e W o f trackway . Axi s app N/S , O A t foo o f lo w ridg e i n fiel d S las site , 5 smal l cup s i n are a 6 in . x 3 in. , I ft S W o f farm ; man y smal l cups , som e rings Immediatel y NW of farm , smal l outcro p Lon g hig h ridge , stee p dro o n W . Numer - Inf . forme r resident : 'shee t o f roc k wit h 2 larg e area s o n hillsid overlookin g Cairn - m g D CUP-AND-RIN G MARK S (fig . 3 ) u • carvings , se e nex t section ) CO <-H ,5 < m 'S." s o s^ CO t-i cri & 5- JG ^ m >M & ^x-N ^ g ^ g B CO K1-1 X rt t3~ > 'E? > N COC/3 < O^S^s"< <;C,J 0^0 % J » coO 1 S 1 i s^tl^oi fc£^") usO,^ eu Q •"\32 J"ES , ^~-x'SO^ u (on, ^xi'^; o n.. in I-. CO o o ID £ « (N CO I CO CO CO O O o (o o S CO 1^ in (O f^ CO 0) (N ct r*» r-~ r^ T m r-. r^ r*. r^ r^ o1 m I Pi <£ 1 s S •s 5 S u - a s CM fSc o o.S a, Ires u J ° "1 -9 u. I a rt S |o S& ia ^ PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , igGl-62 bg -%&«.c :i,f SP8 t- C Jil* -3 0 1 «,«« (3 *-S ^ S g-gTJ •2 9 CwO 1 •s-v 3S •d 1^9g IH-T 9 'o 5*SJg u W _4 ° O CO CO 8 1? CM 110 !8 13 £ "S 5 3 -S cii.2,8 fi.2 2 O & H ^ •sa,x§ tf S01 d £ I3.s| 11.9* •3w 0 **•£ ii;i oa •"^co-0 S'Si •<> ;a s as-tf 10? 043 3'5 d rt 1 0 ">- . " g o a, c •=12.2 « ftS a O '•zOs r ,W s* ^g-s'x&,isi .s"^14-? I .S.S7- -is^g <=.s«# I H 4) . •-< 2«°« « .j'S.SHM 2^^ J3 *" J «x 4. CO •" 1 2§ iilL J> x 2 ft . in 7 ha s a t S W cu p 4 ^ t o N , a lo w boulde r nea road 3 ft . 2 in in . x 4 dia. , shallow possibl y natura l gutte r 4 in . lon g t o W edg e f stone marsh : I boulde r triangula i n section , 6 ft . in x 2 a t base , possibl y on e shallo w ova l a t W end , 3 possibl y natural ) a t E end . Abou 5 yds ilfi high , 8 cup s (larges t 3 in . dia. shallow) paralle l groove s (longes t 8 in . x i in. , x 4ft . aft 6 in. , ha s 2 7 o r 8 cup an d « J3 O "^ on e horseshoe . cup s o n hidde side , an d i perforated . Thre e o f th lin fou r stone s ar cup - marked , n o certai rings . & a n oval ; larges t cu p 3 in . dia. , on e grou form s rosette . I ha s tw o smal l cups . ha s man y cups , cup-and-ring an d gut - ters . Smal l boulde r i n fiel d nea Ardifui connect s som e cups . S W slope : cups , cup-and-rings on e o r W a O n arabl e terrac o S f Lergiechonzi Th e falle n ston (fig . I , PSAS.xvi) ha s man y Slope s N E overlookin g Kilmarti n Glen . O n ol d arable , triangula r boulde 5 ft . 8 in J — Lon g spu r runnin betwee n th e tw o fort s 5 8 Cup-and-rings , radia l grooves ovals "» tif . mor e rosett groupings ^i cn- to „ CO oo t . « ^-3. 0 V r* I-*. to o% to l^» R lO i"*-.r en en S Si en OlQj Ol d cnc o to •* (N CO I r^_ en CO S 1 ^t^ § P^ a A & PH *7 1 Z f-* cd £ z Z f-4 S •o I CO B o 1 in to •S ^3 . ^ S) 13 ^ „ I MI'S § s'i 11 a j d. -i -2 'IH 525 j^o<, c IH ti IH Sx a " bo-Std C ? 0 rt be J ^•S I •§ a Jl x^a^g 111 CO ,S '• JJ^ . |"« a ' |*QC) |o n 1 M^ n II 32° n p _fe < f ++ w £-co *~t>-~~' «CO { to J>. CO N CO o O o C? *5 O o ct e? ei M W MID ARGYLL ARCHAEOLOGICAN A : L SURVEY || I°°n 5J 2-C E^g £~3 >! 9 l;-8 . o H&l3* £ -» -•$£ gig°_ S A.CO it! co-B , on e rosett group . in . x 5 ft 4 in. , sun k int o h y gull overlookin g Kil - ft . hig h a t SW Mor e tha n £5se e belo w 23 5 inf.) , fla t I , 4 f t . 4 i sj^ a t leas d ^i-e i «^ w i ^§•0 6 in . x 3 ft. , irregular sligh t ridg e dow n Lochgilphead : loft , x 7 ft . wit h smalle r sheet s o n hig h terrac e N f Cairnbaa (on e 4 J in . dia.) , gutters an d a kidney - length . Brea k a t on e sid throug h pos - sibl e 'owl-face ' : som smal l cup s o n othe r sid e o f ridge . Inn . A fe w mor e cup-and-ring s recentl y cups , cup-and-ring s an d som e gutters . Roc k roug h an d naturall y grooved . a t 2 ft . fro m bas e an d I 9 in S bri d b o sheet s t o W . Guttere d cup-and-ring rin g i ft . 9 in dia ( 5 concentric) Tw o spirals . th e tw o recorde d sites . Mai n site s hav foun d b y M . o f Work s employee betwee n perhap s o n unde r side . en d o f ridg e hav severa l scattere cup s s l 3 edge . 4 ft . 6 in x 2 n in. , triangular a t leas t 3 cup s o n N E face , larges ^ in . dia . x i in : on e cu p ma y hav incom - joine d b y raise doubl e ridge : larges t i cup s o n undersid e f coverslab . 'l y ston e ha s cu p 3 in . dia x £ dee ossibl e cupmar k o n cover ' no t w visible , plet e pecke d ring . verlookin g las t site , smoot h rock s a S W jas i a loughe d u p b y FC , o n S'l slope : 4 ft . T^« ice t a en d o f ridg e overlookin g gle n abov u n gras s slop e abov far m road , facin g S E : AH CO r^ « z e* o o co co r^ t£ m m §> S- o o> r* Ol co CO in co r^ CO C4 1 z .g T3 b o QJ3 ., c > « 8 a o r^i ' •St; S « » SP3 T- W B O II 6 Stan d &6 5 0 u O) PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , 1961-62 u -O w ^^ *• o 3 *i$ iSx sHi rt 11 o Ic) <* "-•£•.»! g . a r2"« § C5 Cfl tn T3 f. O( iO o >sO* s*° s 'a rn T3 c . t-i (^ 53-2-2 "C2 uV --Sw <-< ^4-1 o-o ! O &)<*•D• ^S u o '^ 4J S2 •g SfbcrS'S a *d «•§ g, o-gC c S'S •a S" . 1M S c in °-e a V?>, £ 3 . *-• i;i "•1S rt ^ H,c 0> S0 t».- C£"T^i 0 (X « •a a a g. C o «J B C( § §-d.& •sas t-i 0 >< 01 ^D • cU a 1*P cr. S S.3 |W s m 8 iSss u s t o loca O ^ w 'Notches ' i Caimbaa n foun d eith e located , b u residents . K For t near , 3 7 M Cair n near , i OO PJ Insufficien t i Betwee n Du No t visible ; « ^••gd Sco/Tcg3 >, g 3 rt C J> T3 «M 8t! d g.SS-g J- J S i bo 1 i& > " B-SP C o CO « m S t-PH«'3 "sla>.« -s^Sx 3'S il« p =J 2«3.S .2i g^ta 'C^. PHO yC j "SS-'S^g oS-S ^J4"TJ2 S S.s- «SS^ •ipp i ttl l-sll g^°i l^f .1 ^Us , lit •S-Sl-aS s i: «-gi JjM 9s ^?S -- *1 ! ad-a*^ "aS x£.1 13 «- 3 2 " u ? !HS lil ^i^l «3 u • c2,gs-S3^ -3is " -° § «r -s c s »>T3 .3 j >o^+Jrtboj F—MM O |^s;rt2g B^a siffl 0 g^ 2 x 2 j in . i in. , centra l ova poi r g K iO bo o f droveroa d an smal l burn , n g G C o o "b fish , th e Christia n symbol surround ! marks ' reporte d o n goo loca l auth c 'nea r th e hea d o f river' . an d S o f dyk e nea r th latter , a lo w dia . — ca^cctsS a-S«.S with a t leas 9 shallo w cups , larges 8 in . x 3 ft 1 0 in. , slopin g ha s 8 o r 9 cup an d 2 ovals , bot h 5 a kidney-shape d hollo w (natura l ? ) slop e wit h ol d cultivations , boulde r N an d E'l y on e NE . < ro w o f circles ' (roug h sketc i n MS) . j-cu p an d on e 6 in . x i j ijin cavity' . wl y ston e ha s a possibl smal cu p o n fac e nea r W edge , 3 ft . fro m ground fro m ground . Z sS o H-l,o w boulde r clos e t o track , covere d i n ^' o f roa d fro m far t shepherd' s I co < CO I !* f 1 cr Iu | 3 bo o, a. E -g •* SP 2 -2 3 • U It o S 1 il Qcn •go Outcr o I Q S w Finchair n •*" to rings, oval 4 in. x 2 in. axis N/S, and gutters (unconnected with cups) suggest- outling in e of horned animal (stag ?bull?). 230a. Do . ibid. 10 yds. uphill from last site summin o , f o t Outcrop hillock cupo flan ,tw s o t rock surface. 231. Do. NM865038 ibid. slopW las craf f en o o tO g S sites , boulder Other boulders on same slope Boulder 3 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 8 in. with at least 12 checked without success. cups on flat upper surface. 239. Glasvaar NM8820I £/6o& D 6 , 3 edgW arablf eo n O e terrace, above farm 'Covenanter's Communion Table' Boulder road at a small quarry: boulder 5 ft. x locally (cf. 220). S 3 ft. x i ft. 6 in., at least 20 cups, largest Cairns near, 74 and 104. Clear- O alon5 . diaf . o in deep g in .i3 x w ro , ance (or possible cairn) round jj, axis of stone. boulder. >u O 233. Glennan Capstone, 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in., bears at Cist 106 leas cup9 t flattenen so d central aref ao F upper side. F 234. Inverliever NM893055 D & E/6o, 6 ruinef o E d housesheepfanka w ,no , boulder House, see 486. Boulder is include tur. w in lo f 8 dyken di . ft 2 : high on W x 3 ft. long x i ft. 9 in. thick W'ln O .y fac rougea h natural boss near centre has been partly ringed. Top O dressed e t leascorneb a S y d 5 t ma an r, X small cups are scattered below, on S half > of this face. w O r1 235. Kilbride House, Rhudil ^85396 Efeg,& 6 D 5 o ridgesTw , either sid f f gardeo o e W nS Note 320, top of same glen, and 202 o Outcrop house. E'ly ridge groupo tw , s eac9 f ho near mout glef ho n over ridgo et a cups. W'ly ridge, at least 71 cups in area NW. ft.6 , x includin 2. 0ft basie gon n . gjin x icj in., top dia., 6J in. across flat r< botto . deepmsx in J , surroundey b d t» ring of small shallow cups. At extreme G sheef o Sd kidnea tW en y shape formed by curving line joinin cupso gtw . 236. Do. NR852964 D & £/6o, 6 Same ridge continues down field to SW, Do. with cups and cup-and-rings at intervals; fielf o d W gateS highen o , r par ridgef to , are more, including a cup with single rinradiad gan l gutter. 237. Do. ibid. Across valley from last sites, just inside a Site has wide outlook over Crinan Boulder dyke enclosing woodland above arable, Moss. Possible faint cups alsn oo a table-topped. x nft boulde . ft 2 2 r other boulders uphill from this 3 in. x 3 ft. 10 in. at S (level with slope site. on N). One cup almost plumb centre; 7 others e withon , faint ringd proan , - bably more very faint cups. 34 PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , ig6l-62 o^'S'B'so ^§2 u « 3 S P i Idlst 2 S a siM-s-i-^ 4J PJ M S _"^«O , * rt ^3°-a « g.s^ -S « >-C.3 ^ ss2 cs^ u u > rt.g CO l na^ to ble . i|'sfi§^ CN V 01 •s-&l|a.|1 | -1 kiii I S ST S'=! A XI S'3 CS S.2O NE'l y pai r s mark . it s S'l y face , _rt o t no w visib l to ^Is o axeheads , Z fero m a dist CO «rag>3T? |.S-B-a § ^" ^ c v« 5 111 £-° g fc ^a£p , leve l wit h on e ringed . n g t o max . ruins . 6 ft pe d boulde r •"•58^2 »^C*° SlfS 4. S-?l2« I'S-aS? •j in . o n S , 4 7 cups , n nea r hut- e , flat - t o S.s^gB e d an ris i •n-B 22^ d o u ».S rt^-H •^o-S^t> 2 S . .-"s . c5 .a. - < I.sg1§! 2 3 •,,«. " (M S S &JS «S c i ft . n centre : a b 3 in . x 5 ft o n E ban k f bur slop e o n N , rou - "'" <" p valle y N E o f villa g O 3D 02 q o fc 01 s II § % tx ^ CO CO co §•w &* C) 5 II s! "CO 'a a a-o OS & £-2 0 3 II •SS a S go Outcro p ° O Poltalloc h 247- NR8i-g6 C AC - 'Cup-and-ring rocydsf 0 Poltalo 25 k. N - Cannot be found. Outcrop AM.Sch.L loch. ) 'ston(a ' e destroye y blastinb d g — PSAS.vi, App. 58 except for fragments preserved at Poltal- No record of 'fragments'. XXXVIH. 143 loch' = same site ? 248. Ri Cruin — Refs., loc. cit. 'o 19t 1 small cup n sido s e slab' prinf o , - Cist 119 cipal cist. 249. Rowanfield — Possible small cup low down on SE edge. Standing stone 189 250. Sluggan (near Stone 190) EfeGy& 7 D Abou standinf o yds0 N t5 . g stone sla,a n bo cist slab ? edge in field clearance (or cairn ?) mea- g sures 3 ft. 6 in. x i ft. 6 in. x 6 in., and I—I may hav smale3 l cups alon uppes git r O edge. 251. Stronshira NNi i (5)09(8)? - 'Slab with a couple of circles round a cup.' Foun drainery db d builan s t into O dykeo e builtw Saib f so to dt inte oon dyke nearby to preserve it (inf. P running uphill from main road just S of from dyker) t locatedNo . . 1 Garravon Bridge. I- 252. Torbhlaren Refs., loc. cit. At least 30 cups on S face, mostly very low Standing stone 192 down: 5 cups and two longitudinal ridges on N face, one cup having a ring and radial gutter. o 253. Torbhlaren: clos laso t e t NR86 E/6o,& D 7 394 5 a d en whalebacn E O N t a , k SW roc o t k B Outcrops rosette of a cup-and-ring with 7 or more > M surrounding cups: others near. On high- O est point, cluster of small cups. Between f these two groups, on ridge, a possible O rosette. At SW, on a fractured erect slab, Q 2 small cups. On next whaleback SW, in same patc f uncultivateo h d ground, several cups including one row of three. 254. Torran Refs., loc. cit. On E face, a small cup (within R arm of Cross, 478. CJ Standing stone 193 cross). X < w MARKINGS LIKE CUP-AND-RING DOUBTFULLSBUT Y ARTIFICIAL 255. Kilmory Knap Alon mar W rocke gH k th s facin tidae gth l A similar 'blister' can be seen on a islet Eilean a'Chapuill have natural oval boulder near the path leading to 'blister' marks, presumably of volcanic e chapeth f Kilmoro l y Knap origin, but among them near the boat (496). harbour is an oval ip in. x 6 in., out- linegroova . widey in db 2 e , probably pecked. Nearby curious small marks neatly described by the finder as 'paw- marks r mor'o (set3 ef so smal l pitsy ma ) be natural. oo Ol PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , ig6l-62 p !?ss "i S.2 32.2 MI 'IIS ,0 <« d O z-S. ^-,•3 log 8" "til f - L^rtw'iJ'-tJtnSiS J, C^rs « C-d-O j-p^ispi 3 £"3 d^S-,"e •* ^|-H:i1°|.s-sa •8i-s:s-2fn^a 2<.j.04s I <&CO I fc- co i -V s fe O 3 Q (S MID ARGYLL ARCHAEOLOGICAN :A L SURVEY 37 leap ' fro m Loc h Fyn e t o Rhudi l t o Dunadd , escap e a chargin g thi s site , bu t w e faile d o fin one . stag : 'footprints ' a t eac h sit e an d 'knee-and-fingerprints ' a t Dunad d (261) . Se e als o 267 Loca l inf . wa s o f 'footprint ' n wher e las t nativ sta g wa s killed' . t o Uppe r Largi e an d thenc a hous e i n Kilmarti village . Remove d fro m Carnasseri e (532 ) tailo r defyin g th e Devi l (o (Breuil) ; fro m Cair n T , Loug h Antiq., 'do e i n calf . Bu t thi s undoubtedl y male . dead ) b y sewin g i n th e ruine d churc h a t midnight , an d saying ' I se e tha t bu w this' , til l h Crew . a s ghastl y for m materialised , fle d i n th e nic k o f time . hous e linte l bu t replace d afte r a in g it . (0MB, 'ancien t grav e desig n i litt . seem s t o b e fig 4 , voic e cam ever y nigh t demand - wit h symbols'. ) Th e onl y simila r photograp h (b y D . B McCulloch ) recentl y republished . p . 293 , i n PP S vn par t m (1934 ) Al l source s cit e trad , o f 'Ossian' Apparentl y burie d a s 'indecent' . (PSAS, loc . cit. ) N o loca l inf now /ICC , 'Reindee r — markin g spo t Oban Times ha s o n fil e a goo d Trad . (loc cit an d local ) o f a Verba l trad. , ston e wa s take n fo r a t*oH •£ rt *•" •*-* ^ °«^c3 ==«•§• l-fi J§!U!^1.s'.s 1 SiuO,C«2t»i3 0 •Sb-SI-2 e ) bO CD d-3 ^ -p-3 °-la -» "V.S ^I-S "* O !U Ig-gaggg'g. J J< S x rj'S-C S 3 ^ 3 •+3-C u •> •aax^B-§*fr* •S > 0 ?T3 £ u YvS v fi^a-a-gi-a ll V^Tfr-% ^"tofsg&s^ga^ ls^§ wu -^ o *"b O »8^||I^S.d «S-gSB a" «»> " ^ — - ISa » •*" ft rJ J-J ^J B -ill till l^lp K J-J ^"D ^I J_S BO o Jj-g'3 C° 'Sj^^S^g™:S>^S S£3§1 ir«S!!=-:.Hi •Sissa* O--T-- 4; ^ T3 >*Js tn 3 to an d compare wit h Ri s uQ g S t> . ea r road ma y b e mean t (62 . nconspicuou s ston e o n S W i econ d anima l carving a t D i 1 . aterwor n hollow s o lowe r ] c 1 i n mout h o f hig pas s (s t t marke d b y sher o f drai n rofil e carving , i n shar p thi :) . A buck , abou t u in O ' J y Roe , thoug h ther e i s a f a tail . Moun d perhap s a l ? d a s 'yawnin g woman ' o r lay , wher e a (Nors ? ) f i s give n th e sam name . u _. ^ a"*B •jo § K M . « ^ g a & " Sis o-g C3 S •fae o-* g |lH--sJlgS .-§v§fi SJf3|Sol s SaSSjagS-oS.SSsglS'SS-sjigt-e^ •' s %$ SS gLpSs-S.f5.-BS 1131 's'sl'll-5 "s^sg^'BcSsgx^ h-] < Q w hH $ sS. ^ CO in CO V O00 CO to •* ^ M > r'flj' CO ^JM a K.-IO- u *- SO' q ^1 % ..II ll ^ •»J o to sS. B a o to V. u | CO 2 "bo c s1 •o 2 SM •a a o PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , 1961-62 » « a- ^ "sTS rj- a aa j£ C« 1 O O Ea cfl « i '55 i i S S-SS 1 !iipf&Wf3$ ) 4 -5 w) %03 |g ? °> S--W fc: i ti S'y L> 1 Tg-Sl S^is^ail^a 'O o § .C £ C3 M ^ •s § 13 ° ^ 3|x bo . 13 |-S=b 2i 2S 8c^ rt u ^ uS a g§i '•M 'u ^ '1 f-a-SJ-a % "S o g o> J3 § *"o. «- C^ - 0) ^1 xg o g — Oi •5 aw 5 CO ft) tf 4 o w I to CO 2 o 3 =3 1 g _g *> >J •s u I t ,3 Some heavily patinated small flints may have been washed down in flood gravels from higher up the river. Crudely smelted iron slag on early metalworking sitt floorse Hu clos . . eby 274. Do. NR76975— 8? Local inf., 'a collection of flint tools' found 'behin steadinge dth ' man apparentls y ha year o sag y been lost. 275. Dunadd, 315 — A large assemblage of flint tools, chips and App.. 34 , core amons si excavatee gth d materian i l t receiveno s ha d t detailebu NMA, d g hH attention. 0 276. Creag Ghlas NR84-90- PSAS.\i, App. 30 '40-50 stone hatchets and large worked flints' App., 23(0). reported found in a peat-cutting 'on moss of hill of Creag Ghlas opposite Cairn- baan'. One polished axe survives in NMA. F . 2763Do . — A drainer found two worked flints and a App., F splinter from the cutting edge of a On N slope of hill above a large polished claf stono yd undeebe axea n ro , quarry and immed. below a i ft. of peat, in 1962. water-lade. Might be site of (drained )C drain F loc ? hs leave no trace of old peat- cuttings, but peat deposit is thin o X here. > 277. Torranbeg NM874045 PSAS.xvm.2O7 The site of the find of 1885 was pointed out Not strictl ya working-site : every- W (Creag Beathach) y locab l informanxix-5 3s undea t a faller n thing points to a cache by mer- o F ('Creag Beoch', PSAS) xcin.76, 87 boulder on steep face of crag overlooking chan smithr to cavo N .e survives, o (Crag of Wild Beasts D & £/6a, 8 Loch Awe (an Lodan) from W. The slopd steeo an eto p fo dwellingra ; o r Bearso ) same informant then (1962) found a perhap rock-sheltesa r undee rth I—I bronze ring expose surfacn do e undee rth clifs collapsedha f , carryine gth o boulder, and the remainder of the hoard bronze objects dow e steeth n p was recovered from humus and pine- (1:2 app.) hillside? needles, having apparently worked out App., 66. from unde roce rth k afte initiae th r l dis- turbanc digginy e (b ferret a r g fo 1885n i ) . FORTS, DUN DEFENDED SAN D SETTLEMENTS1) 5 (fig. 278. Achanduin NR78g76o 6" 05 At S end of ridge over deep gorge. Main (Achad Duinn ha , structure oval, 94 ft. x 62 ft., gate on S, Field of the Fort) sid 1lon. 4W passagef ft e o n go . Possible later house outside to S: interior wall 3. fro0 ft . CleamN r turf dyke round dol cultivations with hut-ovals averaging 18 ft. x 16 ft., round fort. 1 Cross-sightings between fort beine ar s g recorde omittee ar t dbu d here varyins a , g weather conditions have madr eou observations incomplete. It appears that forts of similar plan are often placed in sight of one another, but this may be due OS in part to local geographical features. <£> PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 S g> S 8 U* u |l| -OB,* rttg':3 >** ^ -o'> 3g,.9 -go^ c "O ^3 W CT] "3 c a o 4.. o TJ ja s§ '"§ 8 •al Remarks Jil l=| II t? $$K T3J3~n S-eS §i> -*• l^l^a&c? •* oute r wor l aminatio n present . near . Nex l covere d b y thre e forts , an d 355 : 29 4 cover s proaches . V llfis,^! xcavatio n finds , App. 'Cairn ' (PS. Unde r FC ; i Enclosure s i & p > W Cupmarke d i ge^w.s 1 £§§| 2 mad e wall s double-con - *i«%S S entranc e o n raigh t sides , lookin g Kil - x 5 0 ft . wit h <=3l se s high , bu t s § x^ i 2 g^cV -IS- px 2 ^rSI ^^S'B "Kit •o 0 3 o-S=i _, W _ C3 ^J I iri S .1 C S- O ». ?--"3 g uOV S£O •§s~:_g " o^ja jj 5' J ••&• U niCi u J3 tf^H s5-s &i:an ? ? ^ °'| |be ug£ § 0 ?z~° 2 " ' 5 S x^ " Q fiii^i^ S.s « S = !>3 4-> ^^"S^ ;°^ ft OH J • fci 4J « O £r3 " « S 2-^d " 8 ."-> U bp^S LO tiN T3 X ^12 IfS - rail M.S . 0 ? M^- 0 " •> 3 W •° SB s 1" 'SjH-S « § ba^ . TS ^ 10 -13 -a S l c 18 O _o J2 c CS & 2 M cS MID ARGYLL: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY •a 11 1s! ?J§ a II f*! £H^ ' l %% Q 0<3 3 -g£ sS •c« §ll r> ^ W & H |-s . ^ ^g-s uS ^ _! « 2! . w t*T 6^>T3 t> +2 1 S ~ >n S % ¥ S § I ta 3 3 •8 .as eB m•* g«3 i C3~ PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 •a usag e ? (Cf . not t o 343. ) 2am e ma y commemorat lat iiy^ji^i PIM^H- •^S^S^^ma ^T 3 W « i ft . unde r wal l fro m floo level W o f on d thi s th e wal l i weake r an ha ertica l join t suggestin g alteration : be - ollapsed . Tw o lon g stone s n slop e . sn apparen t souterrai extendin g abou &-&tii s th e oute r fac o f for t wal l stand f 3 8 ft. , wit h sligh t batter an d show s a > >- o i % CO 1 £^ £S cs I .b si S «i: II 8* 6 <§> MID ARGYLL ARCHAEOLOGICAN A : L SURVEY fa.- ia; •3Ta Ir o in CO cT V 41 CO 1J 1£ I* § i - >I * Jo • Cfol , a TlfJFiiil3 £-w e u bo ga js£ J c c Ha s t* SPo'od MCS , j a i uSo SO.Ho S P^ j 'g-So28|fil s>"i|1^ .-SjdS fSKIlll^ SaS-gOigg- 111*8= H5a^ ill ^-gH-SsaJl i!l!sifl5i*i?r!illllrgli.l^§i «"••:. uJi"SW^3u3 -T3^S S e t e r outloo k E an d W thr o t o a roughl y circula r o r k h e re s (unde r grass) . C h ft . dia. , wit h probabl e a Wihiiii' S§.:g ibl y som e bloome d or ha s a narro w dippin g ter r ch , an d clos e t o copp •a &'; 3 ™ <* a 3 a HJ; „ c§ 2*3 s leadin g fro m c u S B^JM-aW !i5l|i;=:|ip;:in* X -* j 3 1 leadin g t oltalloch , _. —• . r*- l sto p ha s bou t 3 7 f sh y pas s l l structu r 13 " -/,\ CO l 1 to S O. ^-i PS 3-9 jj s | . '^ 8 II 6-s « o, " ^ 2 O O Number Name of Site Grid Reference Published References Description Remarks 304. Doir Cricha en e NNO57O24 6" OS On crest above long slope, surrounded by Nearby, 299. (or 'Tom na Sgallaig') old cultivations with peatmoss lower (Woo Boundare th f do y down slope. Oval, almost subrectangular, or 'Farmboy's Hillock') 83 ft. x 75 ft. overall, possibly internal structures. Walls grassgrown, standing outeW N r n side o bana . n ft i , k 8 froo t m which stones protrude. 305. Druim an Achanarnich 6" OS High ridge with fine outlook, commanding (Dun an A, locally) PSAS.i.xxxii.58 a bay to N. Long oval, probably two outer terraces. *Central area 180 ft. x 70 ft., entranc holloleadina E y eN y b wp wa g u through outwork of massive blocks. o Possible huts inside citadel. o B 306. Drui Duimn a n 6" OS Steep ridge commanding pass to N, with App., 30, excavation finds. Local W (Ridg Forte th f )eo PSAS.xxxvm.238 wide outlook down L. Sween. Outwork trad f firo , e signal thio t s s fort O ('Arichonan'j ACC} xxxix.285 to cliff on N, oval citadel '53 ft. x 33 ft. from 342 via 312. (excavation internally, wall1. thicko t 4ft p su , scarce- o report) ment and partial secondary wall. Two CO ACC entrances, both rebated and with check- stones entranceS , f gatecelo E n , o lwit h small outer terrace beyond. H W 307. Duine NM79IO28 ONB 6" OS Small hillock close above shore; probably Fort 368 immediately offshore. H (for 'Dunan =littl? ' e PSAS.L.xxxn.a'j earthworn a r stone-faceko d earth walls. CO fort) ACC Summit *7o ft. x 55 ft., sunk approach O O from S through W, possibly earthwalled »-4 rectangular building inside. Good out- M look. H a'Bhealaichn 308Du . , Ellary NR73276i 6" OS Site crowns N end of ridge overlooking pass. Overlooke 314y db . M Passe th f )o . (F Possibly nuclear; several lower terraces, Very good outlook to seaward and t£> one on E with wide entrance, possibly all round except to NE (over- ^> reduced by rebuilding. Citadel 56 ft. x looked by nearby ridge). *j* . (overall)ft 4 6 , wal. . 1thickft av 2l . Citadel entrance probabl t lowesa W ytS point of slope. Several internal structures, t least(a e ) circularon . Outcrop incor- porated in walling. a'Bhealaichn 309Du . , NR73887I 6" OS Green slope below crest of ridge overlooking Fort 312 in view to NE. Tayvallich Currie Tayvallic froy mhBa SW. Hardly yan 2n . Ace.,dSt 5 63 trace now. Currie, 'vestiges of house and visible lines of convallation, perfect square ACC 7insid. 4ft e walls 1thick. sid2ft N en a ,o circular house 7 yds. dia. and ai yds. circumference'. PS AS 'pleasant level of green turf 150 ft. x 1 20 ft. with entrance through low mound at NE'. 310. Dun a'Bhuilg NR70474S O " 6 7 n smalO l ridge overlooking bay. Oval, namee R meay ma :n e 'Forth f o t with outer terraces; walls with massive Bag. '?) (i.ey .Ba foundation courses, some rebated stones, Overlooks Kilmory Knap (97, 98, possible cells. 144, 404, 496, 546). a'Chaistein 311Du . l NR7i378o 6" OS High ridge overlooking Castle (533) on Chert strikealight, App. .32 (nr. Castle Sween) shore. Very steep , indeeConE n o d - struction of long stones laid across line of wall and tied by occasional bonding slabs laid transversely, with packing of small stones. Oval citadel, some lower terraces; entrance N. Total area §150 ft. x 90 ft. g hH O 312. Dun a'Chogaidh ^745876 6" OS Crowning long spur. Oval, about "150 ft. Trad, of fire-signalling; see 306. > (D. a'Chrocaidh, locally) 2nd St. Ace., 635 . ft internally 5 7 x . Walls roughly Hut, 609. p) (Fort of War, or of PSAS.xxxvm. 243 coursed with some long slabs, 15 ft. thickO ,a , A f tspurSW o lowe o t d , en r C AC Hanging) possibly with intramural cells. Outer natural amphitheatre of turf K ('Barmore Fort', ACC) terrace on W and NW with massive wall- facing rock wall has good £ ing. Citadel entranc(froW S m t a e acoustics. terrace). 313. Dun a'Choin Duibh NR8O4640 6" CW Crowns isolated crag; 3 outer terraces, Local trads. give bot e 'Doth h g (F. of the Black Dog) PSAS.Lxxvn.4i largest on NW (enclosing possible bloom- Fight' story already cited (164) eries); central citadel with two entrances. and another in which the fort o , gat*AetNW wit h. wid rebatein 3 e . ft ,4 was held by a black wolfhound W > innet a r end. Other entrance runs under bitch, when all the defenders had w wall on W, in a passage 3 ft. 2 in. high, been kille woundedr do , till rein- o massive triangular linte t a entrancel . forcements arrived. f Passage 2 ft. wide at base, i ft. 10 in. at (Another trad., 347). o top, part lintelled and part corbelled. o After running straight for 5 ft. 6 in. (with ohH bar hole on N a ft. 6 in. from entrance) it turns 90° to run S, descending slightly, for 5 ft. 3 in., then turns 90° E again Slag foun n outei d r terracd an e (blocked by tumble, but probably rises quernstone in fort; App., 33. steeply into fort interior). inneJusf o S t r thif o sd entranceen intramuran a , l stair Fine outlook over Kin tyralond ean g used to be traceable in the upper part of coast. the wall (near marker cairn). Outer wall Cairns near, 103, 405. stands to 8 ft. at W, with inward batter; total wall thickness over 10 ft. SE side of citade falles ha l n outward. 314. Dun a'Chrannaig NR727755 0 " 6 9 n summiO t ridge. Numerous small walls (F. of the Pinnacle) joining outcrops. Access very steep on , almosW d tE an impossibl . OvaN n eo l area about 100 ft. x 60 ft. with possibly a small citadel about 30 ft. dia. N of this naturaa l rock hollo havy wma e bee- nen larged for use as a rain-water cistern. C_n PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , 1961-62 46 I 33 £8 <* a ° g u S S • -a A Er-S c 0) -r) ^rt J W1 S g S-3a3!^ •«•« .35 C•*•O §» -"53 SL l^x|=i§ il "0 .a ^T3a-*"" g N o w an d i;; nadd . 4 5 ft . Vbo3 . §utloo k „ gQ bcgW_. :~ S u O o b .- 2> Co fi 2^-? g |1^2§0 igltsll aj^N- d2 S^ fc^ S laBHs-s*^!!^ 1—4 Jt-$ - ° c/j r^. Ol « a "* -s-" O ~ 88 c Hjl . O f**? ».-^. •rC ^^ bflt(^ f > X 1 ««'U*Jl11lS £oj &12gS5S^ O"^! S o § i £•§, O 3 II g « rt =5 1 CO Q S. +I+ -d 03 01 1 ^ CO CO ^ M MID ARGYLL: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY 4TT7 0 U £ P>- i u > v S1^ 53 gJ3 S<- T 043di 3 t)"S * w1" i0 OT *S cjuoortS^ &0-KATO4 O « u ^ u^^ -cS*S=13 i^a 3-S Z ^13 bo i - ^^^ >!B|j fi^ «g I I l^ ^sg8S§ lf§ 1-2 § *j Se H«H 3SI'S 2 3° ^'S^ H|^ Sfe ?«S A TJ ->S _g" £. o-S5«'«'S Soa^.STJo_ " ^ S0» &, •5 ,-^" oK _°r en 1% Is "e8 f!•s§ iS s..cS s^T la^gu|8B^ss| l~o 5e &•- S 2 fg SS-&J Sa-S^g.s si,^ gsl 1 !& -K-fe3 IlllPfi O^'0-- CJ3W 1 .|J lalS jsS-Balll J > e H 111/3 1 m^i< JIM! a p*M?!ilwK inIP1Isftin1i n^a-^llf1l 1! sffs4s!^|in «l«f goo d harbour . Stone-face rampar t 6 0 ft . long , embanke d fro m groun leve l an risin g steeply . 4 0 ft E , a curvin rampar t fro m whic h protrud e tw o stone s 2 ft . apar t an d 3 ft . high Probabl e acces s o n N E throug h hollo w way . Th e tw o ram - part s d o no t see m b e connecte y cross-walls . (Sit e plante d wit h trees , difficul t o study. ) structur e 5 6 ft . x 4 9 o n cres t f ridge ; possibl e gat SE . Wal l o n N W i s 8 ft 6 in . thic k an d ma y hav e a gallery 1 ft S W alon g ridg e a massiv oute r wor k usin g outcrops , wit h gat e 8 ft . wid nea r centre . 1 9 ft SW , possibl e furthe r out - work . Lo w ridg e abov 2 5 ft . raise d beac h nea r Rock y woode d spu r N o f farm ; centra l « ^f •, -^t2 O55 C*O (aN 1 i • ^~ * t? ;5 % Se? ID O C 10 g %^ s° §" S= gS g O •<£ IH fc § oa SS^n 'ooo-; k£ g° 5$, (^? *°^ JP ^ «°'t a°^o ° 13 u a ^,^U v 4 C 0 o 3< o« Sa c1d0 d M •s Bi ~ A J- CO t- 'ow u « V CO e S-s- «?a v-O"££ coo 1>"S "„ g;^ c C3 o^-2 " ft a o OQ S o -ij ^~~ ,£< CO h" ^ S c n5 |OSS *—=' ^rt •I ha s bee n place d b y th e marke r cair o hold s ar e cu t i n th rock . Severa l outer - Difficul t o pla n ; PSAS give s tw interna l gest s a storag e pit . A collectio n o f roun d Rotar y quern , foun d i n falle wal l o N carrie d awa y wallin g an perhap s a n acces s route . Acces no w o n N , r E wher e abou t 2 0 ft . belo w th to p foot - in g t o 6 ft. , especiall y n E f markedl goo d construction , thic k an thi n courses . structure s o f 2 4 ft . an d 0 dia. , citade l seem s ova l t o us . Jus W f citade a rin g o f smal l inward-pointin g stones , 3 ft . dia. ove r a rubble-fille d hollo w I ft . 6 in deep , wit h tw o larg e ?coverslab s nearby , sug - pebble s foun d her e suggest sling-stones . x 2 1 ft . interior , wal l thicknes s doubtful work s o n N , mai citade l ha wall stand - Knapdale , Kilmarti n an d Glassar y o n S : landslide s fac e hav probabl y smal l gree n kno b risin g abov e boiler - meter , wit h tw o curvin g terrace s belo w tumble . Footing s i n clef t o S W : terrac e wallin g massive . Outloo k uninterrupte d fro m S W throug h N t o NE : al l Nort woul d se e a signa l fro m here . N ; F C hu t o n ston e bas overlyin g no w ha s F C fire-lookou t hut . Grea babl y a roun d citade l abou t 3 0 ft . dia - natura l strength , shee r clif f t o E . Pro - oute r terrac e a t SW , entranc N . 4 2 ft inne r fac e a t SW . shor e an d burn-mouth . Citadel 5 1 ft x tumble , n o clea r inne face . Probabl e terrac e a t leas f o circumference . igh , almos t conica l crag 6 1 o ft . spo height plat e rocks , stee p excep t o n E wher ther lin e clea r bu t n o inne wallfac enoug h t o measur e thickness . Muc robbe d o n E (fo r far m building s belo w ? ) 4 5 ft . overall , massiv e oute r fac an d possibl e cells . On right-angle d corne r o n ar e blackthorns . Probabl acces s gull y o n N curvin g E throug h thorns . Oval , slightl y pointe d a t N , 5 7 ft . x 3 2 ft. out - <; Mnai l ridg e o n so-ft . contou r overlookin g wee p knol l S o f far m : grassy , probabl y a n E ulonspicuou s cra g risin steepl y fro m mars h V) •ft O K "0 ft! ^ tT S= s= ^ Jo E § V ^ Co S3D a S1^; S ^S^ ^ o ^ 1 ri & ^S 1 k^Q s m CM 1O Ol £o> ^ CO <£ =§, CO m IN o ft! fr*- r--. CO ^ ^ 1 1 & z O "« I^J'f °* =r3t B% bo bo If 'i' rfs^^B ° •| t I'B 1 •g'u § 5-^3-" .5 £ i/) ?] B s* JS 1 §.-*? »*° <£, _i o 3 P *"" 'i's "i^ "•§ ° "" 1 $?-s- §"? |5 •3.3 11?!^°!" 3 «~a P5T3 ^ M^-Sdp CQ ° a alo^^OiS P" fe ! * P" P^ P~ •O • CO o> o (M CO CN CO 4 CO CO CO CO summit. Site visible from L. Awe to L. Sween. Outlood kan e includeAw . L s Golonsay (through Gulf). 331. Dun Chuain NR8429II NameS O * Flat-toppe6 , d crag overlooking Cairnbaan (F. of the narrows) ACC crossroads fro. SteemNE p smooth rock ('D. Cuain', ACC) SW/SEo t whicp ,u h wal carrieds li . ft 4 6 . . overallft 6 6 x , wal E t Sa S lW ft.t 8 a , probably . 1thickft 3 . Hin f righto t - angle t sharda corneW p n anglo r f o e rock. Possible entrance N. Double wall- witg in h cross-tie rebated san d stones. Cragacn 332Du . h NR7ii68i OJV.fi 6" OS Crag clos seao et , with stony beaches either OjVB records trad, of use by Danes; ;> (Rocky Fort: 'D. Chrag', side and small enclosures and fields to N; also heavy plundering for dykes ja ONE, from Cnag fist,a ; (perhaps a ruined boat-shelter under crag)O . before 1868. 'fort of many hands' ?) Centra. internallyft 8 2 lx citade . ,ft 3 3 l gate SE where wall is 13 ft. thick. Gate F 4 ft. 6 in. wide enlarging to 6ft. after check- F stones at 6 ft. 6 in. where a gallery 2 ft. wide runs for at least 13 ft. from N side, ending in ruined cell. Walls double, rubble-filled, with probable celll al s round. Outer wal f similao l r construc- witW N h o terracet . ft tio 5 ns2 beyond . S d an E o t d an W 333. Dun Cragaig (?) Steep flat-topped hillock under heavy wood- measured Not origie b ye t y n Ma °. showg in s massivo tracetw f so e concen- of name later applie cairo dt . nQ95 tric walls. 2 n Crinan 334Du . n Placename, :8th Name now unused: 349 or 373 ? (-1 . documentc s to 335. Dun Cuan NR86585I Name (of island) Firs r photographt ai see n no . Rocky pro- Flint core on beach, App., 37. < S O " 6 Sounde . oth f(F ) montor shorE n Locf yo eo h a Gil s pha w rough boulder wall across neck, with gaps n i bedrock above filled with stones. Possible central enclosure aboveo to , faint for measurement. Fine outlook dow . FynenL . 336. Dun Dubh, Ford NM863O57 D & £/6i, 7 Rocky stop on saddle N of Dun Dubh hill, Control n otherwisa s e 'blindl co ' (N of hill of same name: at 671 ft. spot height. A mass of falle d nhigan h e betweeAw . L n Black Fort) walling forms ova summitn o l . Probably ground towards 388. Good view . overallft 0 4 x . 7. . Wal10ft W 1ft t a l over L. Awe, no known forts in wide, double construction with possible sight. cells. Entrance NW or N. PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , ig6l-62 flfll S „ £.->-H fl o a <-. 8 -' i f,£ o£. C2 .Sfc a§.s- >* -i MS ,3.8 <« a c .S ° '"rU .o =STJ.p u Cjd 1 JOT8 IV I33HB m •S^-sl? r , 14 15 : , 63 3 an d 468 . & | S 1 Hill 14 I 3 x 2 SP£ i-p, 8 -a dW-S o gt gA •>-"T^ w n3 'oii'2 so .iS5 *i •g^ »"^ giS-fijf.-g'ajl Description houses , th e larges t 4 0 ft . long : step s d o E dow n whic h a narro w pat i s j ' passabl e t o a ston jett y below . Wall s thenc e t o citade l wit h wall s * 7 ft . an d 5 ft . hig h enclosin g are a 4 x ft. , i n whic h ar e fitte d tw o rectang u t o 9 ft . thick , 5 6 high wit h buildin g a t SW . Entranc e N o terr glens . Sit e o n stee p shoulde r nea tumbled . edge , o n smal l knoll . Fla t are a *4 8 ft 4 0 ft. , lon g terrac e 1 ft . lowe r o n runnin g t o corne r f shoulder . W z dia. , sun k acces s fro m N terrace E a i Tw o face s f wal l clea r n W . Craignish . Smal l flattene d summi t 3 0 i n gle t o W nea r mines) . Roughl y c cular , 6 5 ft . dia. wall s a t leas thi c probabl e entranc N . Centr holl o stron g sit e wit h goo d outloo k (sight s 3 W . Ver y littl e remains , a s i n man Cra nis h forts . Goo d outloo k excep t E N . (To o fain t b e measurable. ) Go < outloo k ove r Loc h Caolisport . an d a t N . Dar k reddish , heavy quar Goo d outloo k dow n L . Fyne thick , a t N apparentl y 1 9 ft . 6 in. an d wal l her e i s 1 2 ft . thick , oute r fa < standm g t o 2 ft . 6 in Probabl e cell s h footing s traceabl e al l round , especiall y blocks * eart h an d rubbl e core , inne r fa i o f smalle r stone s ; possibl y eac h 'face ' reall y a doubl e wall . A t S , wal l 1 ft 6 i onl y th e core-fac o f inne r wal l preserv < veine d stone s use ma y b e ore-beari n remain s o f a fort' . Smal l hilloc k risi i W , ha s a massiv e roun d wal l 5 ft . int nal'dia . Oute r fac e larg roughly-cours f fro m moorland , wit h ruine d villag e cl o Lo w stee p ridg e clos t o inlet , wit h clif f Overlook s junctio n o f Kilmarti an d F Conspicuou s poin t o n W f Kilmarti gl e Smal l rock y crag belo w mai n W ridg e Lo w roc k ridg e nea r sea . Almos t certai n ONB, 'Trace s o f a vas t vallum' . P&4S , ' r ,, to en o ftj rr* o •* ! o tb •8 1 CO S S 'Z • J3 & B .23 35 ll W c" 3 S rt -.^ c Q.£ ill §£ O & r^ CO s. MID ARGYLL ARCHAEOLOGICAN A : L SURVEY 1 £ 81 T, J3 u 1 ? § rf W O <£> CO Ci CO wT C „ r^.23 1 iO O a ^^ ^..^ CxO VC £oito -° n **- s? co iO « •2 « flj c -IS « a 13" •S-d » d^-5 a?1 Hill ^:§ rt g O ^2 ^> O rs J--oT^ T •-1o " w£1O S«g !T-^H ^^ cj J3 B) -H "5 "9 H i±; P 2 cS 3 _ <-, O .310-o_-, _C 2„O _,j 3— .ho' MO _, ^e «g w- ea _g . s- sa to 3 rt boJ3 Ol*S^ i n verlo o . hig h ll! whic h ^liflrk s a t t C 1^ ^Q I*D aSP, •?> § CO =3 I ~a A° p m PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 •d 3 B G rt o Q •<"S «*f ° -A 0PM g •* i-5 o\s~a« o Jlfwlpl I R.'-Sfilal.a.S's'B ! ^ •s-d ax ao a' llFsilifl! ,flT3'..<£2»,B'3tH'"oJ ~<~ IS •g°-3| n:. ! o "O ° si s I I4§ffi@s:i^ j.2 u s o 42 « !-: I, I sill 'S«'8-sS'l^-So rt.2 23 3 g u s'ii^igi^ 3 O ^^i-^l!"! H. ^3^1-i^-:i 'S C 4_, =a 33,-3_4 x J~ 2 Y2> p^^r Sgg§.SSt3co'2<« 5 3^3i! i G g 6 I •bao £ s „£". I I2! Q i oS as many Duns; footings traceable all round crag, very slight on E above the shee , severarW cliffn O l . ova rounr o l d huts insid a ture f dyk t lowea e r level, and more under cliff at SW. Very large stone walln si , long lintels, many rebated stones. Total area §850 ft. x 500 ft. 352- Dun na Cuaiche NNionoa S OJVO " B6 High conical stop at end of higher ridge; and. Ace. . 682/3St (p ) says this site ('Dun Cuach', OS: 2nd. Ace.,St 5 2 very steep fal Inverarao t l y below. Rect- can be seen from near Knockalva; 'Dunqueach', i8th c.: ACC angular embanked area §150 ft. x 150 ft. see 387. (Just possible?) 'Duniquoich', ACC:l al (app.) with massive wall, turstoned fan . Cupe Forth = f , o tBowl ) An 1 8t watch-towe. hc r (584. S t a ) S (OJVB ='The Cuckoo's I—I Tower . Cuthaig'D , ) o 353. Dun na Doide NR70376g NameS O * 6 , Ridge close above shore, mars . OvaE n ho l Ruined crofts to SE. Dry area 15 Croft e . ofth (F ) along ridge, 123 ft. x 62ft. (outer faces). yds. dia marsn i . t fooh a ridgf o t e Probable entrance NE. Wall prob. loft. , suggestS n o s stock enclosure. wide at SW, possibly with cells. Outer higfac. ft coursese3 2 h( t NW)a . Possible internal structures. Good outlook over L. Sween. h'Eara n n 354bDu . NR7ii63i 6" OS A low stop rising from marshy ground. Good outloo o t seawardk o N . Roebuck e . ofth (F ) Much plundered; walls possibly 20 ft. great natural strength. wide with rubble core. Outer terraces all round, possibly ditch below; area en- closed is polygonal, max. diagonals 99 ft. W x 1. clos7 ft . ft o e t 6 . Ova2 ft t 9 9 lhu x o edgee on . Gate marke erecy db t stone f . witin a h6 . ft x i . . in i ft 2 x . ft 4 o similar fallen stone nearby. o 355- Dun na h'lolaire NameS O " Lon6 , g ridge between bays sidE , Ardifuif eo r fort3 f o s coverine On g Ardifuir (F. of the Eagle) Ej6i,D& 7 glen. Hollow access fro , citadeN m l (283). (oval?) nea. E/W ft endN r3 3 , , length Cultivation hutd vallesan n si - ybe N/S obscured by bedrock and tumble; low to W. Good anchorages . widewalft 4 l ; narrow terraces among either side. rocks, clearest outworks at SW end of spur. Walls carried up rock face as at 331. Blackthorn l roundsal . Very good outlook. 356. Dun na Maraig NR852go6 NameS O " Ridg6 , e rising from marsh (former loch); Thoug hfairla sitew ylo , seen from (apparently = F. of the PSAS.xxxvm.234 sheer cliffs N and E with slight traces of many others. Old road passed Black Puddin) g? ACC walling; wall clear on SW and W *up to below on S. Cupmarks nearby, ('Dun-a-marak', ACC) 1 6 ft. thick (at gate, S). Gate probably 201. 6 ft. wide; total enclosed area 145 ft. x 11 . gatef Gatecel5ft o ,W alsn o lo bar- hole. May be a gallery, running W from gate. Wall f massivo s e rough blocks. Cjl Probable outwork. SW , GO PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 "§ S .s rt u I i in o 3 > .$ * T31*- O an d a g *Ri i I B g'l S4 O, . i- •S " °>.SP S%<2 O . 3 r—3 O.Sw" HiH 1< 8 & «>a « (2 O C 0^3 _; b - o n :-o°s^« ed ) .cO -~ss •"O'O= > « OO £(5. 3 • "1 S.a W •gT) M^S*1! llSliil |g--*K8| *l33&.g.S ^sl^^ ^HiS-^^j«lss ?5Sj|g-rt v S 2 1)& O ss.fl-M'ag • x - - Illlf!! S . siss87^5s 2-!|f;L an d ^s'ss^g ! a -o 30 « S o overlookin g pass . *Wal l 6 ft ces , widt h 9-1 0 ft . Entranc e 6 ft . wide ; citade l oblong , t to p o f glen , wit h dee gull y e s an d rounde corner ; 4 5 ft . Wall s o t coursed . Possibl e S to u_5 «JJ3 rt o S s i « -ola'cs- ^§ H-S o i v g e a n k s t s ft . &SP81!-o-S Sl-a^! °-^ Js> ^ll^JJ «SS§>-3 Si 22 &.§>-§ 3° boii-O'a^s « ° x 3 0 "•S S S c« ^ 2 c5 th r straig h ^g,^ 'na t o n W , a hig h i n N , ab o nai l ri d CO CO o •P-cS si bo v g-s •ft, *8 «bJ3D o *:!l efe Q I= 1°^ 362. Dun Taynish Currie Currie: 'A conical circula. hil . . l r watch- Placename transferre o ruinet d d D & Ej6i, 8 tower having traces of a house 21 ft. x houses by lochan below on E, 12 ft. in centre, and blackthorns outside and now used for a new house . . . SW side of this, and summit of ad- nearby. joining, hill cultivate trace. . d . cotf so - Dense growth of bracken on the old tages.' The high ridge Barr Mor, with a cultivations makes this site pos- conica , lanswerin N sto t a p g Currie's sible to study only in the winter. description s foun wa o ,hav t d e thorns Not unlike a larger version of 359. growing at N end and spaced along W side t nowherbu , e else tha coule w te dse in these woods. A long dyke of stones and earth runs along the ridge to SW of mar- ker cairn, with traces of another wall of S, rough blocks lower down. Small levels on t—I e walleEar d inte o th terraces , N t A . o marker cairn stands on rock surrounded > by two small irregular walls, and the » e thornsar l alon Al W e ridg.S gth o et o small fields with plough-rigs and/or lazy- •< beds, ovad rounan l d huts, some half- r round huts against rocks, and 2-3 sub- r rectangular small ruins (Currie's 'cot- tages . Goo?) ' d dept f soilho , very fine outlook. Total enclosed area, §1000 yds. x 150 yds. O 363- Dun Toiseich NM880047 6* OS Isolated green hill overlookin Lodann gA , Sites near: standing stone, 193; ffi (F. of the Chief) PSA the lagoon at S end of L. Awe. Field walled area, 281; Bronze Ag e W ACC walls to N along ridge connect with fort hoard, 277; 'castle' (?) 531. o outworks; fort D-shaped, 80 ft. x 60 ft. F Wall 10 ft. thick. Entrance N, one check- O stone in situ. Probably three outer ter- O races on E and S. Possible internal O structures within citadel. F CO 364. 'Duntroon' vitrified fort NR8O3959 ONE 6* OS Ridge above shore, 3 concentric oval walls, Finds. App. 39. (Many flints were S ; wallW tw t cliff whica sn o o fd hen found in pockets of soil on the ^ (in passing) much spread, vitrified stone mainlt a y bedrock; also unusual numbe f ro pa xxxvin.2i6 NE and SW. * Summit area 150 ft. x 90 saddle-querns.) >^ . Walxxxix.27ft l probabli face o . thickft tw y s8 f o , (excavation) and rubble cores. Good outlook over Crinad an y nba Moss. ACC 365. Duntroon NR794955 NameS O " 6 , Duntroon or Duntrune Castle (536) (Du t'sronn f na o . F , may occupy the site of an earlier the Point) e namfortTh .e 'Duntroonr fo ' the vitrified fort was supplied by Christiso n P-SAS.xxxvmi n s it , own name having been for- Oi gotten. Oi Number Name of Site Grid Reference Published References Description Remarks Cn 0> 366. Eilea Duin na n NM792O79 ONB 6* 05 Island with cliffs above low foreshore; good ONE: 'Supposed to have been (Island of the Fort) PSAS.xxm.^ig anchorage in lee of land. Cliffs walled all Danish.' Lxxxn.57 round, wall . thic1E (tw1ft n ko o faces). Good outloo seawardo kt . Enclosed aree aW x 15*22. ft . 0O ft mainland n Forclos2 o y 29 te b . found a round citadel on highest part at W, but unfortunately did not realise it t beeno nd measureha r PSAS.- dfo En trance to enclosure from gully at SE with probable outer work below. 367. Eilea Circa nn e NR.766894 6" OS Small island walled round; * 120 ft. x 50 ft., Not visited (boat needed); trad, (Islan Hense th f do ) Ja£4S'.xxxvHi.24i enclosing two rectangular houses, landing re name, 'a man's wife went bad place on W. on him and he put her on the island wit hens'e hth . O O 368. Eilea Nighina nn n NM796025 S ONBO " 6 Small island joined by tidal neck to higher Small earthwork fort 307 close by W W (I. of the Maidens) ; deepwateislanSW n do r anchoragn eo on mainland. a W where a large boat can come along- t—( side. Possible outer works of rocks on N i an , slopindS g accesthrougW n o s. hS o Citade ft.2 l 5 ,rounded wallx . o ft st 8 6 , CA 3 ft. high in places, 11 ft. thick on S and O wherE n o e . outeft 7 r y havfacma ee i] fallen. Rubble core. Good outlook over H L. Craignish and entrance to L. Crinan. M W 369. Eilean Righ (i) NM80402S O " 6 2 Isolated ridg marshn ei . Entrance probably See next entry and 359, also 180 CO (King') sI. througN t a h semi-natural cleft. Ruined and not t 585ea . O gate (may be complete under tumble); o t—( small contour oval 68 ft. x 20 ft. inter- W nally, double wall with some outer face H fallen exposing cross-ties; wall probably . 1thickft 0 . Oute . highft r 6 fac, o t e . Possiblft inne 2 o rt e cellS t gatsa d ean CO end. Clear view down Sound of Jura. 05 h-t 370. Eilean Rig) h(2 NM8oooi— 5 Smal farmhousf o l forW S t e with, clifW o t f I sloping groun othen do r sides. Cleft a t O) . ft 2 E lead5 N o x entrancet s . ft 6 8 . K> overall, wall perhap . thickft 5 s , outer face to 3 ft. 6 in. at SW near cliff. Small ova x l. 1wit 4 ft hous. ft h 2 wal. e2 ft 3 l . thickft 6 ,o t agains . 6in t insid forf eo t . walS t a l (Am) Fang NR75599I Promontory fort at SW tip of Craignis o fact te thadu h e t b Nam y ma e (The Sheepfold) peninsula. Wall crosses promontory 130 cattle from Jura were landed in yds. from end; another 100 yds. from the bay below when tide pre- bankw lo ,a quarrs ha d - y en ditcup d han vented ferries making the pier to cast ban innen ko r side. Walls probably NE; there may have been en- much robbed for dykes. closures on the shore to hold them temporarily. MID ARGYLL; AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY 57 •S"S = OJ U iXsp <£" S-AOI <" sSco 1 ~ *• s I fa -°^0> n y ^H V ITO C ) "^ l-l n rt ^ ntfi. ^"* jO a f C IH 3 * J] 3 •« .3 Q ID ^ CX3 g w rt OJ3_:TI 3"u X"3 fc-O -S if3 g C s ^3=3^ "So x ^8 j Ver y sligh t trace s b o^l^^gl outloo k ove r mout h ova l enclosur e abou t I&1&1 i t o f terrac e overha r h probabl e entranc . 4-,ju3 . 1v 1-1 •Si'5 »•«- §l-s s-^c S s2 a u o.S l^ll52 >• "H *-£• l 0.0 ?"tj 8 0 « ^g 6 s 8 S Mali? ^«20S £ &o § as g Th e fla t to p seem s o hav ha d a roun r closur e o n th lowe r spu t W , insid a §Moun d abou t 40 0 ft . long ; lowe r en - 0 hilloc k i n marsh , risin g t o abou 4 0 ft . ova l citadel , wit h anothe r circula en - contou r wall ; acces s probabl y o n W . closur e 10 0 ft . dia an d citade l ca 8 3 0 ft . overall , possibl e entranc a t NW ; overlai d by rectangula r ruin . Not strongl y : 3 ft. , gat e passag 5 ft . 1 0 in wid a t dia . defensiv e site . N o know n fort s i view 3 ft. , inne r t o 4 ft . high som e ver y larg th e Knockalva-Carro n platea u (Gle outside , checkstone s 3 ft . 4 in. fro m en - trance , inne r en d ruined . Oute fac e t o Airidh ) ; round , 6 3 ft . interna l dia. wall s stone s used . < irs t see n o ai r photograph . A isolate d ircula r rui n o W f loc h abov e lo w cliff ; n slopin g hillsid e overlookin th loc h an d O ** PH O O CO (N CO jx 03 to B 1 1 o § o CO oCO CO 1 en 05 CO z ."2 ° rt'o PQ Js 3-S | ffi C Jd 1 c4 CO Number Name Siteof Grid Reference Published References Description Remarks Ol CO 379. Loch Michean 6* OS Small stop high up glen NE of Ardifuir; Sights 'Ardifuir II', 284.. (near) PSj4S.xxxvni.2l4 good outlook from concealed site. Roughl . overallft y8 4 circular x , . ft 0 ,5 wall 7 ft. 6 in. thick at W. Bedrock incor- porated. Entrance on W rebuilt, but may have had original baffle-wall inside. Wall probably double construction. Small outer terrace on N. 380. Monydrain NR86-8g- — Not located. 'Earthwork' reported, 'above' (i.e. •t) uphill from, or upstream from) V Monydrain farm. O O W W 381. Pennymore Point NNO47OO5 (PSj4S.LXii.a42, A small promontory into L. Fyne, higher Discussed in PSAS, loc. cit., as an O vitrified fort reports 'slag') on W than on E. Total enclosed area 'early iron-working site'. in.6 . , ft possibl 5 7 x e. oval ft lowe 9 4 , r , wherN d e terracean ther y W ema n so b semi-naturaea l ditch across approach. O Much vitrified material exposed in hollow tl on E. At seaward end wall makes right- angled turn. O 382. Robber's Den, NR848865 OjVB (name). A steep-sided triangular promontory formed Trad, (all sources) that 'a robber' O Ardrishaig junctioe burno th y tw b f sno runnin n gi S O " 6 lived here expandes ,i Leitch.y db T.P.S. deep gorges. Rock-cut ditc upcasd han t A young Mac Vicar interfered in Leitch . froft ban m0 kpoint35 , ditc . widft h5 e a cattle-lifting feud between the baset a , extend£/6oD& 7 , sf acros s neck, with cause- Glassary Maclvers (his maternal way 10 ft. wide near S side. Ditch 6 ft .e Tarberth d kintan ) Mac- Allisters, which led to the battle plu. ft s5 upcas, dee W possibl d n po tan e CD ruined wall on E; from N end of ditch a t a Carse (168 t whica ) e th h HH narrow path has led to a dammed pool Maclvers' witch was unhorsed I burne onth . Inside bank subrectangu,a - and they were defeated; Mac- O) lar house abut waln so l nea ; housN r e Vicar afterwards wen fean i tf o r to 21 ft. x 10 ft. Further E (on 6* OS) a d toos lifan hi ek refug n thii e s long house, 54 ft. x ai ft., walls to 4 ft. 'Den', but was trapped when the high, squared corners, door at S s endwa e oh f fird n o ean t housse s ewa W long wall. lame speaa y db r triee ash o dt escape. T.P.S. give Maclvere sth s 'a small fort on W side of L. Gilp' and says they were 'exterminatedy b ' the MacNeills at Carse (as above) and the MacAllisters at Artilli- nean ga r Tarbert. (There seems echn a f Burne oto ob t Njan i l MacVicar's fate.) 383. Rudha Cladh'Eoin NR76i86. ft massivA 3 o t op e u . widwal' ft d 'Sit6 lBG ean f eo White, 'some indicatiod ol f o n (Point of the (Burial ). higin promontore h4 th cut f sof E S t ya S 6*O gravestones and the track of the Enclosure of Johr no White, 99 end of the Oib, L. Sween. (Now under wal somf o l e building, probe th . Eoghann) FC-) The wall runs from E side level with chapel'. turnd an s sidW alon W n eo e gthy th eba Cf. Kilmaha, 452a religiou r fo , s pointe ofth , becoming lighter traces i t I .- site on a point with a (slighter) - en point e e th Th o t . abld an e E als n oo surrounding wall. (See 473.) closed are ful s aoutcrof i o l p w rockfe A . small narro grave-markerswe b slaby sma , and some small oval piles of stones might be graves, but the main work is defensive. outen w a lo e , rb Ther wory NE o ema kt and confused. Good anchorage on W; g good outlook down loch. *H O 384. Sithean Buidhe NR72074I Name, 6" 05 Large cra t seawar ga f ridg o d e den over - Might this perhap sacrea e - sb den (Yellow Fairy-hill) looking L. Caolisport and anchorage to closure connected with the loch ? SW. Light wall blocks cleft t SWa s n o ; Great natural strengt good han d NE, both sides of a small loch which runs outlook suggest fort. Walls clear alon e ridgegth massiva , e wall cutf of s on air photographs. Cave in E loccrago e t th hW , frod man E cliff n o s cliff, 21. shores. Wal. widft t top6 lea , standing to 4 ft. 6 in. on outer side and bonded into bedrock. Some very large blocks used traco N gatewaysf .eo . a W 385. Toman Dunaiche NRQ43974 Name, 6" OS A low hillock with traces of boulder-founda- Overlook e Carroth s n plateau. ('Hillock of Disaster', tion walls all round an area 200 ft. x ref(SeC . eAC unde r Knockalva, o perhaps for Tom an 70 ft., probably with huts inside. Close 375, and note under 387.) F Duin) by to NE, a clear 'stock-enclosure', Type o Aa 598s a , . 0 hH O 386. Torbhlaren NR867943 ONE 6" OS A high isolated stop in the mouth of Glas- 2nd St. Ace. calls this 'Tor a' (Tower of the Battle, sndAce.,. St 682/3 sary glen. Very ruinous, *citadel about Bhlarain hiln f Barnafuar'o o l , or of the Slope) PSAS.xxxvin.231 35 ft- x 40 ft. rising above enclosure 140 whic nexe th ts h i summi , NE o t ft 9x . Entranc.0 ft enclosureo t , NW t ea and implies that it can sight 378 no gate traceable for citadel. Charcoal 387d an , whic impossiblehs i - ,un and burnt bone exposed in molehills. les smoke-signasa meants wa l . Commanding position and outlook. 387. Tunnan . Ace., 682/3 . 2nAce.,St d 'ancient watchtower (Dunan, Little fort) (Knockalva ?) agains. . Dane e . th t sa ..n .o rock called Creag na'n Tun in Glenaireid withi. . h. n sighf o t (352) . . . (with 378 'in line be- tween" this site and 386). We cannot find a site that satisfies thesy e ma conditions e w t bu , have n sighte(i fro2 5 35 dm38 hazy weather). Number Name of Site Grid Reference Published References Description Remarks 388. Tur a'Bhodaich NM844o6o S ONEO " 6 (Fro m hearsa PSAS.)n yi ONB recorda s A nearby hill on E, called 'An (Tower of the Old Man) PS^45.xxxvm.2O5 . high'hu herdsmenf ft o 5 t e ' builus r tfo . Samladh', the Likeness, re- ('Barnlaunich—Pictish ACC This refers to the altered gateway. Site sembles this fort from a distance Fort': ACC) a small crag on NE of steep glen; on other and has projecting rocks looking side e grounth s d slopes down froe mth very like walling. This hils i l crahiga o gt h plateau witd hol hutd san seen from the main road near cultivations (around 600 ft. contour). Salachary, and is a good guide Fort almost circular x 5. over1 ft . ft -6 5 , towards the fort if one turns W all, walls carrie rockfacp du standd ean - about J mile S of 'the Likeness'. . froft m6 ino outsidt g e level, almost A Craignish trad, thae 'Pictsth t ' flattene t topa d . Clear batte outeo t r r came down 'from Barnlaunich' face. widein . 6 Wal;. ft soli 6 l d dyke- (or, 'Drimandaraich', not on 6" construction without core. Signs of re- OSo defeat ) t 'the Danet a s pai placesn ri abougatt e A .th e standtN s Sluggan' (see trads. cited under complete and roofed with lintels and 92) a trac; k froe plateamth u some corbelling, 3 ft. 9 in. wide x 7 ft. runs down to Barnlaunich near lon. in checkston o g4 t e (blocked beyond) Sluggan. x 4 ft. 3 in. vertical height after which oversailing is introduced to carry lintels at 5 ft. 10 in. At the outer end a lighter O wall form herdsman'the s s shelterbut , CO also shows oversailin lintelsr gfo . Inside a beehiv s i t abouthW ehu N for tt a t . dia ft t base a .5 , completely corbelled high. in aboud 6 ;. an therft t4 trace e ear s W of two more and possibly a larger oval or w round structure. Very fine outlooo t k CO Mull, Scarba, L. Craignish and overland O O to N and E. HH W 389. Turnalt (near) NM848o8a — At the point where Glen Domhain opens to The wall encloses a boulder in H (Towe Streae th f o rm ) ? the flood-plain above Turnalt Farm, close which is cut a basin; see 636. shara Sf Eo p rivere ben rockth a n s d,i i y site with traces of walling among bed- rock, a rectangular ruin inside wall and CO tw r moroo e belo. S wo t SITES CHECKE FORTR DFO S I O1 (See some 'Dun' names under Cairns above) to Barnafuar NEofTor- 2nd St. Ace., 682/3 Checked; no structure. bhlaren (386) Caisteal Duin Name, 5 60 ' 1097 ft. spot height. No structure. Cnoc a'Mhor-Fhir NR752592 Fort, 6" 05 No structure found. Coire Dhunan NRSasggi Name5 0 " 6 , No structure (checked both sides of gully). 'GullLittle th f eyo Fort.' Dunan Cruinn NR866708 Do. No structure found. Dun an dubh-challa NM842O55 0MB No structure found. 'Fort of the accursed ones,' OJVB name5 0 " 6 , trad, of fairies carrying off child- ren in raids from here. Dunan Garbh NR86373I Name, 6* OS Possible, nothing found. MID ARGYLL N ARCHAEOLOGICA:A L SURVEY 61 e In o CO "« i 11 n! -j-> O l-s .5P ° u C fJ C v| o O sea l repor t o f 'ancien fortress' . ) W bushe s gro w o n mound . Reed lan d artificiall y enlarge ? Loca l o . Probabl y severa l mor e i n L :nd s disintegrate d o n exposure . 16^ J < J a C/3 Q f* « a b 1 w 3 -—csi o^ ** o o T3 •fig •a"! 1 "3 C « O O -d i*J 1 I 5 K bo S3 yV || PSAS report s beams , paddl e an d bon 1867 . underwate r enclosur e nea (loca l inf. ) Islan d *8 8 ft . x 4 0 ft. , buildin g a t E 3 8 ft . x 2 0 ft. ; ashes , charcoa l an d burn t bone s observe d (loc . cit.) trad , effor t here n o sig f an y construc - moun d i n th e brackis h loc seem s t o b o n N W slope) . artificia l an d t o hav e a shor straigh causewa y t o th e bank . betwee n i t an d risin g groun o NW . a tool s brough t u p b y Cana l Boar d divers , tio n traced . babl e causewa y (clea r o n ai photographs ) . dia . ma y b e artificial ; marsh are a lie s of—-" 1* Clos e t o N f th Castl site , a smal l ston y B = 'Ridg e o f th (Ship- ) fort' ; stron g loca l A t edg e o f loc h a lo w grass y moun d 7 0 ft . Artificia l islan d wit h causewa y an possibl e Submerged ; calle d 'th e Cairn ' b y fishermen . 1 N o structur e foun d n cra g (hut s nea r fan k Clos e t o W shor a ston y mound , wit h pro - Pil e o f loos stone s i n water . N o structur e found . N o structur e (som dyke - wallin g lo w down) . N o structur e (goo d outlook , abov 352) . Checked , nothin g found . N o structur e found . ORANNOG S t?o" S" to O c< og" O O s * « CO to to « * « *j • iT -j ? O ,0 Q O V CO ^s. fi Co •s" d oj Q Q a Q Q «,; a 1 1 1 O JS 2 Q 515 K c9 •ic^ !i 058 ' Z S= aa. - a,^ ,0 0 co^ CO to CO o CO §" to i 01 0 g CO o3. S CO 2 to £• § J5 COj CO f a J^ lO CO 1 s a CO o CO CD CO CO to to m m CO J^ CO o CO r- § § g I 1 I I s 115 55 z z z 1 • K !5 15 * Z * * * * * * .s CO n £? 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IJllll 5ca 2 •s.sg§i I gH-2 6 in. , mad e < ston e grav 6 'S.-| S ^ o O cover. ' seem s unlike l ol d rig s curv e 3 OT <-t (-( TO V § a ^ea r corne o f i Itandin g ston e W ^9 Q fa 0 3 U5 O" S ~" g "> ttl 3 ». sto en a CO % , o Ol 1 O) S" 5 01 O) CO CO E •fe I Q 2 I G O. 3 O 1 Q 1 1 & 3- C' MID ARGYLL ARCHAEOLOGICAN A : L SURVEY S g i.o -ri-S fc-^-S-SS r2 f ti J3 f .33^ §•- a. "S 3 e-o 2 *•&! "ilu l- J §'*-o T3 111 ygl --j cj^ w •s S ,£-3 a '862 •>, €llri ".C 0-< ** *• ? - •3 S g- a, s»° ds a- , i|» £ feS r/l el , ay , t s o k s w a pe a ne d ita n d o f al l A 'ston e coffin' , t o f ban k outsid e d insid e th mai n c undatio n o f a bo u kull s t o E . N a c cavation' , bu t n o i s , tw o shallo w g atio n burial , i s rep o l e a s t o size , r de p d n d s t a v grave s o f 3 prince N o farm s nearby . O n m place firs t use d fo r dro w a y refe r t o sit e whe n h s rn , clos e t o shor a S n m Barra , late r fo inhab i in s a u n xt e igt h c . ' eposit . n i s avai l n g b j o r fiv e ver y smal l cairns . n g a i av e bee n f e- d ti o r e f ll ; th e ha v ni n d a g ny i n g wall s amon g rock nearb y t o v a a buria l me n fr o isolate d W o f b u Currie m t o fo u p a i n m ta i large r entranc e a t S , an d ma y hav smal l c a area , roughl y rectangular overgrow n ova l enclosur e 1 8 ft . lon g a t S W corner Enclosur e ha s probabl entranc a t NW , mar k site ; White refer s t o destructio n durin g road-making , an d t o us e fo r burial s wit h elder-bushes , axi s abou t N/S hu t agains N wall . Tur f dyk e surround s o f unbaptise d infants . stone s remain , on e wit h incise d Lati n whol e comple x an d extend s t o a da m n bur n t o W . cros s an d anothe r wit h par t o f a cross . oca l inf. , hav e a ruine d building . Severa l fla t F C plantations , marke d b y som e larg ol tree s an d clos e E o f track . Confused , ma y standin g ston e near , se 47 8 (193) . L Ol d w Lo w retainin g wal l t o seawar d f roa ma y O n S'l y slop e o f hil l abov bay ; smal ston Walle d sit e described , loc . cit Crosse s o n Curvin g embanke d wal l i n clearin amon W -12x H CENTURY ) SITE S AN D STONE ! s bb O8H Ihra O "H» S 2 r^ < 3. Tf §|g 5= 1 8| 8|" §ii% £ §9 2 B ^>^ fefc ^i^ 2 os m Oi o S in CO 12! C£> i^. CO m 8 'v ! o •^ aA J3 6 6 jTO u r3 u IB •S' .- <,j i^ O-S^i "1 -S gw 3jf's'i O v S S ^^ §1 a-sl c o J3hj i^ 3 c« .23 "O g 3 o 1nT;4 111 rt,0 a|i O^. •§< |£< s set »» CO I— in m o m o CO r- o S 0 o r- CT2.> 01 in CO 1 CO m o 5* •R Of c* r^ £ CO CO ct Pi 1 i I S P< 6 •o6 •oS* a « 1«l s"o fc0H • Kll '——S— - rf ^Pn V) I i! C >. $&9 0 |P"S SAS 1 < « & 1 -S CO 0) o ^ small ovals incorporating bedrock. A corn kiln 20 ft. x 17 ft. externally x 5 ft. high, nea sid rwoodW f eo , wit hbrokea n quern-ston . dia.in 4 , . raiseft m 2 e dri round central hole, lyin n kilno g . Terraced fields and rigs nearby, and two mounds which might be the 'cairns', or clearances. 421. Clachbreck (621) — Inf. from finder of rock-basin; a small cross carved on a flat stone lay close by, but was broken up by masons for use in farm building (within last 50 years). 432. Cladh a'Bhile ^734756 6* OS Oval enclosure overlaid by later wall; cross At leas crosse3 3 t fragmentr so n sca ((Burial) Enclosure of White, 57 "| ,, on massive outcrop block at NW; (not now be counted, ground having Hole th y Tree) PSAS.n, 385 Lw-tL fig. in litt). Many erect markers and been carefully cleared by pro- 301.32 fe early crosses, one with a hexafoil and prietor. ECM, 111.401 j °' cross (fig., loc. cit.). Large block of stone Part of site in use as a family burial near gate, possibl a ycoffin-rest a s ha , ground. saddle-quer r stonno e basin , lyinit n go f and the walls are lined with mill- and f rotary-quern stones. 423. Creag Con, NR704802 — An enclosure on shelf below raised-beach Nam sitd ean from local informant. Ulva terrace on E of island, above marsh. Site is immediately S of a green Enclosure 33 ft. x 32 ft., roughly rounded path leading fro shore a mth o et low wall; small erect grave-markers, at field above raised-beachn o , . O least two (apparently coverless) stone X ft.3 ,grave x E/W . slightla ft n s6 O . y > higher level, some small cairn r ruino s s W strong-runnina d an g spring. O F 424. Curach a'Bheirri NR70I645 6" OS A long narrow ree sean i f , clos quarro et y Trad. t Barr''S , s coracle' turneo dt O ('Curachan Berry', whence cam ee carve mosth f o td stones ston maro et landing-places khi . O 6" OS) t Kilberra y (440). Usea wishing-roc s a d k within hH our memory. O 425. 'Dabhach Bherry' NR705639 0MB Name recorded for the deep hollow where 'Davoch a uni' f grazingo t , Mac- the burn cuts through raised-beach to the Alpine's Gael. Diet. (See also machar; glosse 'Berry's da s Vat' 0MB.n ,i PSAS.ixxja.52 inf., re 'davoch'.) 426. Daltot (I) 6" OS E of line of old road through FG woods, a White t fine cross(whno th d d o,di (White, 99o n ; thick wall run t froou sm rock-walE n o l amazingly) says there was a well o fort m roundefig.d ) enclosure. Probable have t identifiew here et no bu , d ruins inside wall d smalan , l flat stones, this. probable grave-markers flakA . rocf eo k a clos r eFo parallee crosth so t l clifw lo f s e bearit th leaninn f o so t gou (but wit n inscriptiona h e se ) W face a cross. Stone 4 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft.; TDG^.xxxiv, fig. 10 (Whit- cross withi incisen na . diain d . 8 rin. ft gI horn) . is formed of 4 triangles about a centra similaa l r Fo r 'handled' cros thin si s dot, with 4 smaller triangles filling the area, see 452. spaces between them; triangles excised to £ in. depth. At bottom, a stem 7 in. long x 4 in. wide max., excised to i in. deep, gives the design the appearance of O) Pictisa h 'mirror-symbol'. Ui PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 19 6 ety , ilc-glQ Q •«aS°^ 0 8c2" a «-?a£-u:i ° -s^cd C -C -a32 « Cl,,/rt 3.S-grt-aerS>Cco e f C c i>i:-fe n Strathlachlan , 'Aoghann ' el l an d ruins' . Loca trad. , anio n o f Bride' . W e have t o hav e bee n a virgi ery ' her e conn , wit h Kil - site d th e . M-S-af-* Ifj^ssP.lsl-SSi ^ S§'il8l 13s silk's^^15-1=5 'n u sai d 'c o br i no t presen t a th e fron do o ONE. Take n t o Ellar y Hous e fo r •S_g g,M £8 -^ rt5 X •as ^1 '^ 3 A p.tL'S M2 g> X!CO «^J.S ^g a2 ag" JAts^S". II --hn , „ a'§ k4 M 8 l^fel 1e! Hli 1 1 t*2 1) •S" ^2 S-S 3 v.'S 1|IT^ MJ8 °Q ^1^.si •2.-S Si * - s 8 <*• o rt (j 3T3 «<—.ts s, g. . J3 o °" u ° xs- ti £•> 2 s§ •EQ .>O b § « ^•§* J < s s> > .u _ Si* s «"S t! S"~^oS >- JJ rt S «. j - xJS j i:g-g;§!rt O roCU OT ^ ••— - K " § SI r r.^i s a o i1n0 S i r** •^s. " m I O rt KS S i^ I -o o c I- a _S Q 23 Q W •»"*• 6 MID ARGYLL ARCHAEOLOGICAN A : L SURVEY 67 "8 *tSO 3t u 5 "3 >. £ T3O rt „« 0) OJ :§| flf| g § °§S ilill•V s B B a 2 •oS a °Ilk 2 -a g> •s dS^-** W •> gt4 •*-S• CO 1J? o •§§ u D* 3 g 2>-W! "a 15 groun d o n E , abov e N en f anchorag insid e reef , ar tw o lo w tur f wall s 6 ft . lon g x 2 ft . wid e an d 4. apart , NE/SW stone s wer e remove d i n i8t h c. ) Probabl sit e i s pointe d ou t a positio n given . A ova l terrac e belo w lo cliff , embanke d bee n use d a s par t o f garden . N carve mor e tha n 3 acre s marke d ou t b y massiv faildyk e nearl y 4 ft . 6 in hig h i n places , betwee n tw o burns . Trace s f smalle r enclosur e an d possibl y hut s inside , especi - all y clos e E o f a lo w rock outcro p nea r centr e o f area . A wel l (no w hous supply ) i s als o enclosed , nea r N limit . (ric ) ( a praye r fo Mailfatric) . an d no w bounde b y a Thuj hedge . Ha s Iris h minuscules , remove d fro m lona i s o n vie w outsid e th Castle . I t i s inscribe d wit h par t o f a cros s an d ' + r mailfat a^ stone s know n t o hav e survived . road . Som e recen t graves , other s marke d b y boulder s o r uncarve d slabs . Islan d i n Doru s M6 r of f Crinan . O fla t CO 'Fain t trace s o f enclosure' . (T.P.S. say Enclosur e o n W-slopin g hillside . Are a f Clos e t o N ban k f th rive r an d nea ol A broke n grave-sla b wit h inscriptio i bb IS 53 O 5 ^fi 1 CO 1o 1 . fc iO *G ^ « • "§ 1 S to O mCO yj ra •V* 1C ?«co ^o ft K ^ ""* (O sOQ C - 05 -S =0 •C E0^" to •& ll o i^ ^ I 11c-^; 1 1ra g &,§ 4qi^ II ft" O-. ^^ M m CO (X CO r^. CO « o> o> r^ o CO CO "* g m CS) to1 r*» to CO r^ g CO* § z o g Ho u o f H lv om h 1! ;-o _ ai% ^js.^i cJS g«« Js, {£S Ilisl S o 68 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 "S 2 • ° £ 8n aS3" •0* s »%3 I .1 CO CO 1 1 o> o * g 1 3 z(2 <5g B 1 I gs .a 444- Kilbride NR7238oo 6* OS 'Site of Burial Ground'. Built ramp leads But see next entry. Loch Sween smalo t l rectangulaWhite, 8 9 r field whicn i , e hw found no evidence of graves or building. 4443. Do . NR7228o JE/55& D 8 , o risf o sid e road p W f fro eo to n mt O ,a shore, smale Therb y l enclosureema d san and almost opposite foot of ramp men- t foundation hu hazew lo la n i s tioned above, an erect stone 3 ft. 6 in. x roadf o woo E , n oppositdo e cross. i ft. I in. stands in a field. On its E face it has an incised cross i ft. a in. long, arms extendin edgo gt f stone. o ein 4 , from head (whic . belos itselhi in 6 fw top of stone). V-grooves, i J in. wide x g J in. deep. I— I O 445. Kilbride House, NR854965 D & Found recently forming part of paving of a Local inf. secona , d cros 'hiddes si n Rhudil pigsty, a cross-slab is now preserved at somewhere abou farm'e th t no ; rear brokenod f houseen stone e ;th On .e located yet. Medieval chapel, is i ft. 10 ini ftx . . | in. tapering to 8£ 489- in. at unbroken end (which is dressed on a slant, making the uncarved face 3 in. shorter), x 3! in. to 3 in., sides dressed smooth. The cross is outlined by a fillet, with circular pits at intersections of arms shaftd an ; width across shaft inside fillet, 4 in. Cross filled with 4-part plaitwork, re- n mainder of stone with running scrolls, all ffi in relief. > M O 446. Kilbride, NM83508 S O * 6 4 Wher fare th m, e peoplOS marke * 6 en do f1 Turnalt AC ACC(u)d Can stone w fe sa poin pilet ou td roune dth O stump of a very old ash-tree as 'the site O hH of the monastery'. Behind a small byre O far e o lonfa th W ms i g rectangular walled > enclosure with hawthorns growin. it n gi r (Perhaps a medieval church?) ACC lists 'Kilbride Stone, marked witha roughly cut cross'. (ACC(u) adds, 'not in evidence; found by the tenants . . . buried in the garden' i.e. in the long enclosure ?) A boulder at the farm road-end has a small cross roughly incised beside the painted farmname th f e.o 447. Kilchiarain (old name of PSAS.ixm.i54 Post-Dar occupatione kAg 291e se , ; long Dedication to S. Ciaran (mac an Brouch an Drummin, cists with Ogam, see 402. t'Saoir, +A.D.548 ?) Many q.v., 129 etc.) saints of this name. 448. Kilchoan (55, 406) ONB Long cist, 406. No other traces found; Dedication, uncertain. (Cona) ? n (Kilchonan, ACC) OJVB records 'small houses' cleareo t d make road. Number Name of Site Grid Reference Published References Description Remarks 449. Kilduskland NR854866 ONB Site now uncertain; graveyard removed for Small mausoleumf o (i8t ) c. h ist St. Ace., xrx. road, and church for canal (Leitch); ist Campbell f Askomeo s l t lefa t 308 St. Ace. says 'a small church on the shore'. roadside, grid ref. cited. Dedi- 2nd St. Ace., 686 Leitch mention a 'rouns de toweth y b r catio. ConstantineS o t n , mar- White,3 8 church' use signallinr dfo Mon Du r o gt tyre n i Kintyrd e (+A.D.6i7). Orig. Par., H.I, Kilmory (350), a tantalising suggestion (Note, 481.) 40 as no other early church site in the area Leitch ha tracsa rouna f eo d Irise toweth hn o r pattern. 450. Kilian ONB 6" OS An oval enclosure of boulders is pointed out Dedication, S. John. 2nd St. Ace., 26 as the site (by farmer)—not where marked Cist, 143. ACC on map. Not measured yet. 45" Killevin NRg86g72 ONB 6" OS Graveyard still in use; early stone built into Mausoleum is a family tomb of the ('Kilavon', Drummond) Drummond, 2, and E wall near main-road end. ONB margin Campbell f Knockbuyo s , I7th/ pi. 92 has two tiny sketches, probably by White. i8th c., walled up when the Drummond draw a scross-shaf t n (noi w estate was sold; it might incor- wall) whic . s lontheft hwa gn9 witha porate some part of an older perforatio e armth r s s nfo (whic wa e h church. Trad f churco , h being told were extant till 1843). He also removed to L. Awe: see under mentions (but does not draw) the other Kilneuair, 466. Dedicatio- nun stone in ONB, a small plain cross. This certain f I Drummond. s i righ t I have not found yet. name might = 'church by the See Minard F.C. Manse, 470 ? river' ? (Cairn, 49.) a 452- Kilmaha 6" 05 Promontory with small enclosure wall, Site is outside Mid Argyll by 100 W (on Rudh' na Fidhle, ACC possible entranc througW n eo fro y hmba yards. Crt Fiddler's Point, L. Awe) gully. Two oval ruins; one, 21 ft. 6 in. Stones were found by FC workers. O . internallyft 8 x ,in.6 wall. ,ft axis4 s Dedication to S. Mochoe of O t , middlentranca SE . N . in f i ft eo e2 Noendruim, + A.0.490. Access long wall. (Part of carved stone found f roadso C easF e w y iyson no b , half-buried inside.) Second ova t righa l t which leads along the shore to angles and touching SW corner of first, within 100 siteyarde th .f so 30 ft. x 11 ft. internally, walls to 5 ft. Site . 383cf , . thick. Thick growth of hazels from wall cores. Another longer, faint, ruin at lowe. r leveSW o t l I f ovals o cross-slabo E tw , n groundi e li s . CT) in.7 x , foo. in t 6 . ft x i . ft 6 s i e On K> slightly tapered, perhap r socketfo s ; long-shafted wheel-headed cross. Nearby another, to which the broken stone joins, making a stone 8 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft., with a triple-armed cross on one face and an elaborate cross surrounded by diamonds and small crosses on the other. On bedrock to SW, between enclosed area and small terminal rise, is incised a disc 8 in. dia. surrounding 4 'petals' which form a Maltese cross; below this on W a 'handle' (cf .smal o Daltotw ld , 426tI an ) cloaked figures with birds' heads. Rock MID ARGYLL: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY •5.S £-•5 "S-2 t-< O J^s S n! C3 g V ° a v «•. o ^ V *^ . O |_^ t*H '£§ •^ Jj -" ""-'.I f 5*S cn S 0 fi 'O 3 *• r-- fi "(ft H 'O u VH o5 *3 fl f*g "K 1 3 CJ 3 1 O oV (Campbell s o f Kilmartin ) ar e tw late r ( i ) a t E en d o f th e firs raile enclosur thes e i s forme d fro m a cut-dow n slab 'Archd . MacCallum ' incised Th e shap carvin g ca n b e fel t underneath . T o N c. ) an d agains t thi s o E stand a shor covere d b y a prostrat e cros s wit h shor t arms , undecorate d an wit h th e nam thic k an d burie t o it s ful l thickness , n tol d tha t th e chape l wall s ha stoo hig h T o S f thi s ar e tw mor earl y stones . box-tomb s ; th e E en d o f secon wit h a wheel-heade d cros s o n it oute r edg e o f highes t terrac contain s medieva l ston e wit h incise d outlin crosse s o n bot faces . Probabl y other s amon g th e grea t numbe r o f re-use d stones . suggest s a n earl y date . Ston e i ver o f gat e i n th firs t row , opposit gabl o f th e church , a shor t sla b eke d wit h an - othe r t o mak e u p th norma l lengt h bear s distinguish . angula r enclosur e suggestin g a chape l beac h an d belo w stee p hill . White wa s panel s o f interlac e an d greek-ke y design face . (2 ) furthe r t o S , a n enclosur e stone s (som e deface d 'Poltalloch ' i n igt h a wheel-heade d cros s wit h slightl y ex - pande d shaf t fille wit h greek-ke y patterns . scarre d an pitted , carving s difficul t o ruin . Som e smal l marker-stones , n o earl y enoug h fo r us e a s mounting-blocks , i n the n livin g memory . N o surfac e trac stand s t o S f th e mai n entranc path . crosse s foun d i n graveyard . o foun d now . Immediatel y S o f gat e th secon d grav i s Recen t graveyar d ha s o N E a smal l rect - Sit e marke d o n leve l fiel abov raise A n earl y cros s with ver shor t arms , an d & ^ ^* S •^ co S 1 •v in CT> r rr\ <8 £ S m > g'J-P'S r coS GO ^ co «r °0 Co ^"^ U Co <*•* Org O J3 §1 O-^g §,a Op,/ fe.2. 5=5- s=s ^3 ftO , CiJ Jo <0 m r-. 0 ID CO 01 CO O) o « Ci ? g CO o Ci m C4O? CO (2" Z * A z Z *& Z Z 3 3 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 y.s & •S-S « •j^-g-, £g ftg g IS u UfL, J3 O X> U OT3 S o g ""• J3-* .t-:o •B" a S >^ lij| Si a a^g S'cJ'S'n1 V CO -*J •s^^ C ^^o rt SJ5 2-- o 43 9 rn "-" Q f 1 , drawin g A r d o cor d eve r c fS e £sl§ J>1 ft . ts'S S-S ^C '§|S c o lllfgUlI ^»g|j^ M u t o ^J5l-§^3 ford , H {* ——— t*H t_| G O rt .* Z .c 5 g ' lll»4*fl |2|| g^el 1|li8 s - e , insid e i t ano ngula r enclo s rrie list s chape l w o d ho l g p f on e nil ridg e wit h g r hite give s 2 4 ly , axi s app . riest' s house , ' al l Cu W a s ct a MI! _ Sill 11 fields , bu t nothin g suitabl e o i chape l ( onl y faintl traceable ' ; man t i wher e reported, unles s th r yar d wit h smal l buildin g o n N B g fe8 en d o f wel l flowin g i n stone-li : i n clearin g amon ruine d ho u Plai n cros s o E , elaborat e d bird s an d othe r symbol aroun c W . s o i t probabl e tha w misse d there . lon g rock y W clif f ha s ft . interna l chapel ) . C 2 0 ft . wit h roc k form i sid e o f mai n F C roa d dow meant . ' A graveyard wa s re p sam e informan t wh o gav u s 40 3 well , an d Smal l rec t < i erec t ston e carve d o n bot h f a 0n loca l inf. , looke d fo r 'smal H e kne w o f n carve d stone s 10 -o S" 5 <§8 3 2> § K'.t 5 •-H br, . S OliS §18 f" O Ji^; <£> 8> §> * CO I 3 . - °- 0=2 •« i'S ^ moundsw lo o tw , possiblE N o t ruin d y ,an beehive cells r graveso , . Deep summer bracken prevented searc r gravefo h - markers. 465. Kilnaish 6" OS A recent graveyard with a mausoleum Well near, 523. White, 8 4 whic y incorporatma h e older building; Dedication to Oengus the Culdee, outside its E wall stands a small erect pupi Columbaf o l . AenguS r o , s stone with a plain cross incised. of Tallacht, +betw. A.D. 819-30? 466. Kilneuair (498) medievaA l churc d graveyardS an O h " 6 e th ; r millstoneFo s crossbasesa s e se , ('Kilanure' ACC) and St. Ace., 685 older roughly-circular enclosure can be />£4,S'.LXXxvii.i87. Called'Eccl. Craignish Tales traced insid e walleth , especiall n Wyo . ColumbeS 'Saynd an ' t Colmys H. Prs.II, passim and N. Many buried stones, none very Kirk in Glastyr' in pre-Refor- S ACC early ones noticed. Near the gate a mill- mation sources. Somewhere on t-4 Adomnan, 106 8 havy ston26 , grassma e esun s ei th d n kan i , L. Awe is a lost Columban site O serve cross-basea s da . 'Cella Diuni'. The name 'Kil- > neuair s probabli ' y 'Coille-nan- » lubhair'y ba Wood w e Ye , Th . O below is called 'Cammysnew' in *< earln a y charter thid san , might f eithee b r y 'Ba Yewsf Ba yo ? r o ' f of Diuni (though I am told this is less likely). The centre of the parish move o t Kilmichaed l Glassary (494) durin e i6tgth h perhapd c.an , e Bell-shrinth s e (501havy e)ma been taken there from this site at the same time ? snd St. Ace. gives a curious trad, that the church at Killevin (451) was moved ston stony a eb y eb ove n hile chaith me rl f tracno k via Carro re-erected nan d here (well on route, 522). 467. Leac an Duine Choir NM777038 6* OS A carved stone lying on a probable grave (266, 408) ACC has, above and below the main design, ('The JusStone th tf eo two incised crosses, equal-armed, 7 in. Man r (ACC)o , x 7 in. and 6 in. x 6 in,, } in. wide x 'The Priest's Stone') \ in. deep, V-incised. w 468. Linnhe Mhumch NR72384— 7 Ground very boggy; no sign of graves. Trad, that rock-basin (633s )wa L. Sween baptismal and that unbaptised infants were buried nearby; also tha hermia t tcave liveth en di (15) and carried out the bap- s murderewa tisms t y bu b ,d 'pirates'. 469. Loch na Cille NR76o8o7 NameS O * 6 , At laoo-ft. contour; tumbled rocks Ellary/Dun Rostan hill in deep heather may conceal a r caveo t ; hu nothing founn (i d hurried visit) trado N . , known o usuallt y well-informed local - people. oo 74 PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , ig6l-62 3 O la •* . <5-% c• o -Sf^ Sr s •0 > - ^ % so Z Cf H — • ^-, CO >>'-^CO T3 JS MO "3 ">.- „: CO •Bi--^ tj.a a « H CO 111 0 J3.S °r HIS*C! 8S£|£ji " u a. tc 'tj en u.s.Sr2" U J2 d. •S T3 rt S~ J o « - o,.S §• •5-8 n f1? 2 S-S 5J s 1 « « a Sr.j5! "|P§S .-S. C§M-£, •gH-^^ s ° g'-iS ^f ^ » Sfe^ g ts > -S/t; U"0^ °-o g-3 ^ t.5 « $&£ •S °'gt! »-S^S=^^^>T3| a | ^•3 §'^1 i3 <»O 3 f 2" M CS Clj X § g-^g.s- •° fe« s. ^"2 g0 . M ura >• a|2l^i|.aS|llQ ^ C O0 -3C h £•& ^ •5 "^S^^S-S^ uU- .2* is" c .2 S silt . id"L 4 >u *-u _; U -M D ^ 4) *S-g 1 ^IHlal^JSltf T3T3r^.S d J3 (3 6 £j s « >" ™ C •" .a IHllllll^l ^f-^d" '•"n-sit H8 •S iT waS * 815558-jrS^?! iv e t o W ha s entran c )les , indicatin g us e a s irt z bloc k a t rea r ha s s r o strikealight . $Z£ "" 3 " » " 1 °-f |-a "S-0 V § U 05-11 iS "i-illHSy^a l 8 8^11 § Cb ^ CO £> ^S S' CO m S ftSj» CqO> •5r-v. •q 0< d o'C zS' Z o x 3 .o _tT * a W > 11 5§ (sj (12 ^S 3 "S"^^1 § ta a|3 ^ -O a-S s o & CW co -C) •*• * far), (aa ston) e labelled 'Oib Mhor, 1927' (not fig littn .i . cit t 413).e a On . face has a plain incised cross; the other, a wheel-headed cross with pits at the intersections of the limbs, traces of a long shafpossibld heae an t th df y o prolonge d above the ring. 476. Taynish Island ^727828 A small cross-marked stone has been removed Taken from 'highest point of island'. from the island to Duntaynish House, (See next entry.) NR74i86o; i ft. 9 in. x 7 in. max. x . slightl2in y tapered, rounded endd san edges, cross 8 in. x 4^ in., terminal bars g 2 in. long, head and base enclosed in *—I rectangular frame. Only one side carved. O 4763. Do . Two ruined buildings (bothe b sai o t d 'Carved stone' reported > lyin n go sheepfanks but one is circular and opens E side of island (1959). Not $) shoreE o t ) located; also, below central found (visite summern di , densO e ridge on E, small oval enclosure contain- growth of bracken etc.) ^ smalg in l earthfast stone lyind san g app. E/W. 476b. 'Taynish' White, 98 and Now at Inverneill; see 438. ECM, in. 406 477. Tigh na h'Urnuighe NM8ogo46 OXB 6" OS Sit 'Popisf eo h Oratory' (St. Ace.} lated an r t checkeNo d owin denso gt e cover 2nd St. Ace., 53 Free sitth e ef e th Churco h (no wruins)n i . o (House of Prayer), of brambles and bracken. X Ardfern Below cliff and just above shore of L. (Note, 480.) > Craignish, immediately N of Ardfern w village. o f 478. fTorran standing stone SECT,8 8 The E face of the stone bears a very faint Site near, Allt na Cille, see 414 o (193) large cros f doublo s e outlines wit- hex (281). o ECM, 111.403 pande clearea d facs shaftW eha e r th ; Cupmark, 254. I—I and fig. cross (best seen in late evening light) o very muc samee hth . 479. Uam Feam hna r See under 431 c! (Cave of the Man), V Eilean M6r MacCormac < W MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN SITES1 (fig. 6) 480. Ardfern Crossroads NM824058 6" OS f a crossroadfaino p tU W tracN a o st k Ruins nearby to W in field. Stones public burial ground contain flaw tfe sa might have come from 477 ? stones which may be re-used; mostly slate. One schist slab has faint traces of a long-shafted cross, or sword. A family smalo tw tom ls round-headebha d win- dows, perhaps incorporating older stone- work. 1 The early post-Reformation history of parish churches can be followed in Syn. Recs. No new churches were built in the first half of the I7th century, the old churches remaining in use; it proved impossible to implement the Acts of Parliament and of the General Assembly for the removal of 'graven images' from most of these churches. Number Name of Site Grid Reference Published References Description Remarks 05 481. Bishopton NR86o88s (6' OS) Fragment of graveslab found among paving Stones removed from a church site (Episcopalian Rectory) in garden at SE corner of church; a (e.g. Kilmory, 497, or Kildusk- Lochgilphead corner with narrow channelled border land, 449, desecrated shortly with loops, and a small equal-armed before ?) might have been used cros n circlei s , outside border. Placed for building another church. against church walr safetyfo l ; lower courses of church wal buttressed lan s show thin slabs, perhaps similar. 31 a. Do. Ove gatewae rth y from roa maio dt n garden 2nd St. Ace., 686, refers to 'a hand- S of Rectory is a fragment of Decorated some moulding' then (1846t a ) window tracery with a trefoil. Kilmory Castle (592) and said to have come from 497. 482. JEilean Mor MacCormac Refs., 431 The chapel, 38 ft. x 20 ft. externally (en- Until recent times, gifts of money O (430 closing the earlier building) has a door at used to be dropped into this O S. In the chancel (earlier work) an tomb whicn i , h bones coule db W arched tom bees bha n forme sidS en do seesidee th n . n i throug p ga ha M in which is a gravestone showing a priest Mitchell, . 310p , quotes John Lord O in Mass vestmentso thertw N e n ear O . of the Isles (ca. 1380) as claiming 3 arches, one in the thickness of the early to have 'repaire furnished dan d O wall, the other connecting with an open- Ela. . . n Suibhne' chapel. This ing in the later wall and a small lancet may date enlargementh e d an t window with trefoil-head, formea n i d alterations of windows ? narroo tw e war d largen E ee slateth t A . (White, , buildinPI28 . g details.) lancet windows. The chancel has a small App., 41. loft above, reache openinn a , y dW b t ga Local trad, that hea crosf s do swa above e whicroo th f flagstoneso fs i h . stolen long ago but the ship was On the highest part of the island, S of the so storm-tossed tha crose d tth sha chapel, stoo dcrosa s which broke d felan l . throwe tob n overboard, whet ni A cast of the shaft now replaces it, the sailed islandhome th o et . original shaft bein NMAn gi heae Th .d I have no suggestion to offer about (fig. by While) had been lost since about 'Joh Priest'a e . ' t Mnth . . bu , recentls 1920ha t ybu , been rediscovered de -os' must thinI Margaree kb t in Ireland and returned to NMA. The Lesley, Countess of Ross in her shaft has an inscription which I read as own right and Lady of the Isles, 'Ma a.de.o. . r. Insularus• mDomina'• , for whose claim on Ross, Harlaw following with White's reading• t 'e , was fough 1411 n husbanti r He . d Johannes • Presbiter • ac • heremita • iste • who d. ca. 1420, was the son of insule • me • fieri • fecerunt.' White men- 'repairedIslee o Johth swh f no ' tion PSAS.iad san record fragmensa f o t a chapel on 'Elan Suibhne'. another cross-shaft, inscribed on both Trad, that island was visited by sides; '-nfirmavimus • in • honore' and John Paul Jones ca. 1779 (cf. 540). '-ni • elimosinam • obligamus'; this was presented to NMA in 1786. Nothing is know rese thif th o t f sno fragments i r no , l obviousal t a t i . a sit r (App.efo , 41.) islane th f dsmalo a d len stonNeaN e erth has been set up as a leading-mark to clear a rock, and perhaps the cross may have formed e sucth hmarn a o e k on wit e hth summit ? Certainly sea-marks are de- sirable in the tiderace round the islands. 483. flnveraray 2nd St. Ace., 25 A fine late standing-cross, now erected at prinAd nol t show s crose it sth n so Stuart, n and maie th fooe f nth o t stree t formerlbu t y ol darcaden a site n o , d balcony PI. 31 d towol ne iwhicth n s nearewa he th r a typicasa l Mercat Cross. present Castle. The crucifix has been ACC defaced; the inscription on the shaft reads (after Stuart, loc. cit.) : 'Hec est crux Stuart suggest datsa A.D. eca . 1500. nobilium virorum videlicet Dondcani meicgyllchomgan Patricii filii eius et Maelmore filii Patricii qui hanc crucem fiere faciebat.' 484. flnveraray Castle NNog6og2 Stuart, 11.29 3 7 , ^n *ne private castl gardee crosth a f s eo i nsS (Stuart also figs, a slab (then at 6 6 Pisremoved , an 52 . d from Kirkapoll, Tiree (where Kirkapoll) wit same hth e name PSAS.LXi.i^y Stuart dre we decorate it)Th . d bass i e and dated A.D. 1492.) inscribed ' :+he crut ces x fingonii abbatis et suorum filiorum fingoni cage't e i . 485. Inveraray e 1 10Se . StuartNNo99Og givee th 4e sits S f th thieo O s " a s6 d call 'gallowa t Ma si s moundn o ' Stuart, 11.22 pre-Reformation churc d buriaan h l e strengtth f o boneh s being d Ma ground (perhape erroth n si 454r n o rfo ) found there. strength of 'bones' being found. 486. Inverliever (Shown roofed, Immediately W of the dyke with cup -s immediateli t I f anotheo E y r 6" OS) marked stone (234) we found, while which has a large irregular en- searchin 'Hola r gfo y Well' (526) thaa t side standd W closur s an , it sn eo ruined house, axis SE, has two narrow greesite a N/Ss ei Th n. f riso eS blocked gablewindowE S s nara it , n -si the Inverliever bridge and be- row slit window in N wall at E end, and a twee roadspresend e nol th d ; an t blocked doorway in S wall at W end. other ruined samn houseo S e o st Present entranc througN t a e ha brea k ridge. in the wall ; house has been used as a fank. The arrangements, and absence of fire- gableplacee th n si d wall, sugges- re a t used chapel. 487. Keills (439) Refs., loc. cit. The roofless chapel, 43 ft. x 20 ft. exter- JPiM9.uv.25O, gives a useful plan x 1 . internally 6nally. ft ft 6 3 , withis i , n showin positione gth somf so f eo 6 in. of the dimensions of Kilmory Knap the more important stones. d Covan e (496, archen 500)A . d door- White, buildingr fo , PI34 . . White's bees e ha nb S wa blocken n yo ca t dbu informant explaine hole dth n e i traced; the E end has one round-headed the stone as either (a) so that the window chapee graveyarTh d . an l e dar reiver could take snuff with his full of fine stones ; one in the chapel has a o tha s e friendscoul) h t (A dr o : raised central label which is perforated 'raise his head and see his beloved nea endW r ; White record locasa l trad. Cruach Lusach again'. (See 554.) that this was the grave of 'an old reiver Ewen Bacoch'. This may be Lame John (MacDougall) of Lorn, opponent of Robert I, who died in exile in Dublin ca. A.D. 1317. Another stone shows a small Highland harp Unlike Currie we cannot get beyond (clarsach) and a box-tomb on S of altar 'hie jacet Torquil'. position has an inscription translated by Currie with more verve than accuracy. PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , 1961-62 o -a u =f1 « sg s -a1 4) TO "c3 JJ •j«j k«, IplJ - 3 l bO ^ O 3-S-1 t ^d" O £ e " exporte d , bu t have aso n i s o f 3.U r , suggest s 1 I§-!| ston e use d :h e quarr y J ^-1 S* v ~ - o 3•35 & 8 1) |1^l - 2s XO 4> s -g "a! ;]I=P 8 ^.S*-o 8-SfS-g ^-".a ?s u u 53 .s^Ss 0 ..T3 O-3 " d en O ^ .*; rt out . A m 1 tha t al l th e I mausoleu m J_> rt-= ^"O a !NU com e fro m t I1-818* tu V C T3 J2 8 L. aj aj ^,2 u •3 g-E-S •s.s!! •a •S| ri «> S&S j-g>o| j 1* C OJS «1 =3 o O ^ wall s o f th e bee n take th e opinio n si S53 coul d hav e u: shelte r were o r hearth s el rubble . I n mentar y ev i found . A ' i EJ lO a 'monaster 5"3 th e cross- b C/2 H Mos t o f th e s ll||||f:|fi|||ii i - bellA , sai havo dt e come fro churche mth , is now hung on the gable of the barn at the Home Farm; said to have been recast in 17th c. or i8th c. 489. Kilbride Chapel, ^850968 ONE 6" OS Roofless chapel on hillside, W side of Rhudil Memorial tablet (i8th c.) to Rhudil (see 445, cross) Brown, 7 35 glen smala n ,o l knowe. Pai talf ro l lancet Campbells of Rudale, in W ACC window gableE n si , archef do dooW t ra gable, explains good preservation sidS e with channelled uprights; small of building. lights at E end of N and S walls, and Brown: this cure was served from ambries below. Many stones overgrown Kilmarti Carswelly n(b , i6t) hc. in floor, through which bedrock. riseW t sa g 490. Kilmahumaig (453) ^789936 S O " 6 Small graveyard with some flat stones, Brown: this curserves e489wa s d(a ) 2nd St. Ace., 635 probably re-used medieval but no carving from Kilmartin. 3 White, 104 (ref.) found. Court Mound near, 549. Brown, 362 JO ACC 0 •< 491. Kilmalieu (454) NN102095 0MB 6" OS Public burial groun f Inveraraydo . Some ONE records thad ol n 187i t n 0a f 2nd. . Ace.,St 19, carved stones, very worn; in E'ly part a man remembered seeing the r 25 crucifix (PSAS.LXXXix) e standth n i s chapel foundations S wherO " e6 Stuart, 11.2o (n 2 third line of graves (near a red granite marks the site. finds) obelisk) medievae On . l ston buils s ei a n ti . ofR A.,inf0 5 . a coping to the wall dividing the E and W Drummond (no halves of the graveyard, and others lie to end St. Ace. re 'Font', see 629. finds) oS f this gateway nea boundare rth y wall. E/^6,D& 10 W (fig.) o r 492. JKilmartin (456) ^834989 6" 05 Churchyard contains a fine crucifix, said Other flagstones, one at least carved o ('Eccl. S. Martini', Orig. Par., n.i, 91 (Drummond) to have been brought from a on its under side, are built into o A.D. 1361) Drummond, , 123 , roadside site 'J mile from the church" the wall of the Hotel yard, near and figs. tolsockewherdthe was ethe remained; the gate leading to the Castle ACC a smaller crucifix d manbesidan , yit e field. (Castle, 541.) AMG, 78 gravestones, some collected unde rooa r f For post-Reformation stones and by M.o.W., in the mausoleum of the last inscriptions see 590. Episcopal bishop, Neil Campbell. There e manar y more e groundstoneth n i s , especially in the two highest terraces S fro gatee mth . Some have been defaced by over-cutting 'Poltalloch', others 'MacTavish' and 'Elanrie', these said to belong to the former owners of Eilean Righ and to have been removed from a graveyard ?on the island, or perhaps at Barrnakill (418). 493. Kilmichael Beg, NR954933 Drummond, 2 Drummond mentions a 'small enclosure . . . e tenantTh s spok a 'ver f d o eyol Minard wildernesa s of neglect' coule t w t dno bu ; burial place' said to exist on the find anything answering this description, green knowe abov e maith e n nothind an know s gfarmi e th t n.a foune w road t d bu ,onl y house field-dykesd ol ruin d an s . 8o PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 43TI T) CD « Q,<£> •3 -*V- n*j . a 1 l il 1 s-gs^i i.a'S «.s« "CS-s^ jj s^.| gs » e g c^ g ms£ z$§ 8§ Si-3 u OT P 00 5 TS 1 2^ O^ c v Er° Er «.|r 1? o I 4 LX1.I52, fig. (cross) AMG, 58, 78 (and figs.) 497^ Kilmory, NR866864 6* OS Chapel site marked just outside N corner of (1) Called 'Capella S. Mariae', Lochgilphead Reg. Pass., 137-8 graveyard stoned ol o sN .located . 1270 (also Kylmor apud Louch- Orig. Par., li.i,0 4 gilp): perhaps an exception to Drummond, 2passingn i \ , the rule that '-mory' = 'Mael- White, find3 o /8 n s rubha' ? (2) For stones possibly from here see not t 481ea . e pries(3Th ) t here also served Kilduskland (449). (4) re signing a treaty near, see 574. 498. fKilneuair (466) 6" OS A fine ruined church, longer than usuan i l Principal church of the Lordship ('Eccl . Columbe'S . , 2nd St. Ace., 685 the area and with two doors on S side. of Glassary until mid-16t. c h 1420; 'Saynt Colmys Craignish Tales Table-tomb (damaged) N of altar-site, (see 494). Kirk in Glastyr', 1443) H.Prs.a, passim ambries and a piscina with trefoil arch; See also Finchairn Castle, 537, and ACC a font, now erected at W end, was found Market site, 567. in three parts nearby, the basin used as a 'Devil's Handprint', 265. drinking-trough for cattle. Many carved stones in churchyard. 499. Lochead . Ace.,istSt xrx. Recording 'four ancient churchese th n i ' See next entry. o 308 parish (496, 500, and ? ?), and the re- K moval of a fifth 'on account of its con- > tiguithousee th f Ceannlochcaolio yt o ' - W sport, now Lochead. No trace known. o F O 4993. Do. NR77778I White, 55 Graveyard earlo n ; y graves - visibleen t bu , e grav Th f Duncao e n Campbell o closur s circulai e d mucan r h raisen i d (see 556, CampbelFs Cairn) is centre. Oldest visible stone dated 1720. , onearesN n t Lochead House. It bears no reference to the a manne s s i death hi d f o an r, f polished stone made by a pro- en fessional monumental mason. c! 500. St Columba's Cave Refs., loc. cit. Between the caves and the sea stands a A local trad, suggests dedicatioo nt (474 etc.) ruined chapel, 36 ft. x 17 ft. internally, S. John. . thicwida in n 4 wallk o e. benchingft s2 . App., 59. altar-basn A f largeo e flags, with traces of cement, has been cleared at E end, and the floor near is paved. At W, the floor is cobbled. The bases of cream sandstone mouldings have been found at walthe l oppositin the doorS gap a ;e at a larg s eNha flagstone, apparentla y doorstep, and may have been for access to the cave. White (pp. 56-57) has a note about the removal of dressed stones fro doo e windowsmd th ran . 82 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, ig6l-62 1oSo^S-B^g'S^g|SA 1 ^Jfljfis M-a^s^ a r b u si*"§3*z*w*! * bD'K eUv.g^S^S'^nO 2 &Sw2 §«• .5 . g w»fl 3j3U'*5j ncret e b . 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Local trad s thai e , th t inscription \vas transcribed but is now stone was bound up with the luck badly worn. of the family, and that the voice '(...effigies which this).you.sieheir.its. went tood bedevillean , d them beholding.al.that.comes.its.ne(i)r.to. into returnin stonee gth . (this.n)eu. (f)ound.spring.which heir. PSAS.xxx.vm.101,S M refera o t s runs, (out) .of.a.rock.and. (al.are.) . DobieWm y ,b 1833, (Sac. Ant. welcome.to.drink.of.it.f(or.nought.) Scot., cat . 573.no ) which men- (fountain. at ) tions water from the well being (iiird March 1734).this.(al.by. sent to Glasgow; I have not seen Barbreck.)' this MS. 504. Barrnakill NR8z6g2S O " 6 2 Nea desertee rth d townshi Higf po h Barrna- Sites near; 417, 4173. g Dunardry kill is a large well with roof of slabs, and a 3 flight of steps down to a long cistern. 505. Bealach an Fhuarain NNo88o85 ONB 6" 05 Chalybeate spring. Well house, 582. MacI says water was led to a pump Inveraray Mad nea churche rth wooden ,i n pipes. ('The Physick Well') 506. Daltot (426) White, 99 Well reported near cross t tracedNo . . 507. 'Druid's Well', NR83?8i? Reported 'near mausoleum' (NR8368i3) Inverneill but may be confused memory of 517. 508. Dunadd (315) 6" OS Wel maion l n terrace; paving rounthe d head, shaft verno ty deep; sprinw gno tapped lower dow r farfo nm supply. o 8 Flagstones cover the well-head. > At groun hill,f o d smal a leve W n llo trough Almost at foot of cleft on W side, w 5083. Do. O of slabs on edge, usually full of earth, n whici h some midden rubbish r seems to be a blocked spring-basin. was excavated. o Leitch has a note of 'St Columba's Well', o somewhere at or near Dunadd (see 524). 509. Eilea r (431nMo ) Between the landingplace and the chapel is Use fishermeny b d movo wh o ,t e a small sweet spring in a stone-lined tank. Corr Eilea anchoo nt fear f rfo o r seein g'gallea y wit hblaca k sail', which haunt . MorE s s cre,it w having murdere e hermitth d . This Flying Dutchman appari- tion causes madness and death to anyone seeing it. 510. Kilbride (443) Well not found, unless a wet hollow about Said to be a 'Healing Well with Lochgair 12 ft. across, at foot of scarp SE of grave- many traditions current locally' yard wall havw y meants i ,lo .ma ea t I . (1959 t non- bu )in ey citem y db 'Carved stone' reported above well, not formant. found. 511. Kilmory Craignish (460— ) 6" OS f chapebann o I graveyardd kN an l d an , No tradition recorded. abov baye shore th eth f ,buila e o t well with small roofed well-house. co 512. fKlhnory Oib. (462) 6" OS Well with cross above; described, 462. 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CO 0 iO w e< iO s m o ffi, « |o<-a3-aaab § « S s£o §^-|"s ocjsSs.SM^^ 0 -^ a '§ - -g v § fltSS | 3^§^° §-a 1^2S§ wS i3 o a 2°* r;"8 u ja -JS g-Sj§ •a"1 ,2 ^§ |s °pl-j1 .n .•§-§!^8 • B,.a"«---a .nul^^lfl W o f l "tf^-3^ ('marking m withi n this , no t located . elo w a ban k arkin g th e t s throug h reporte d b y lle d Bruac h Sit e i s o n t h f . r call e s ' r e k es , n h be l r . ( ? Si t e d out s say s -'§<8» | 963. ) or k ntor y a m S^ISJ^o^lditc h ( w cut s p •o^< xI .•s-> : 'V S S'S SJ-g g See ma s fl o mo v § s| 82 § • as . j; s all s Ace. ed , 1 d =3 u •'S'-s'a w work s v n iti o it h g t. » gro u rem o wer e eart h cjaOS-aoxjg;^^ ci3M.SJ3C \nd St. .5 Sr to CO § B ."^ Oc/5 S •-1 c 'rt a •S -§0 a PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 oe cs os u j .B £" l-^-o-pl .a I'S'3! ^lil^-sl^a 2°"g|sl!^«g's rsHii^i; "J^Tj.E -j-* o iu-s ?r:J».s . s g ".Sg-g^ isi^'^ « ° Seb'aj^ silss^sloillil^i' E (2 .A CO J3 g %>> r3.Sd'«e"fl « *M **""' r\ ^ S ffl C >~~! S .9.2 e^£ re-cu t b y a e th 15( 4 ial s an d rin g renov a I A triangu l u t th e ston b e u n itia l ••& b I •fl-s«t gi-8^I a fc'-a' bee n foun d d t o hav e be "3 S Z-5 c an d re-used . ges t i migh this , wit h in i M earl y bogus , ) •- s>-8§bo^j "3rasag -g -o5-cco»gCTimiy:>u fiS§-«^S^^|iyg.q- rt -'I^ * 6 g-S-S -as'iS^a-S t"1 1 OS 05 I O u='o; I CO CO S •o 3, J5 te « 542- Loch Gair 6* OS Site marked on map, no trace on ground. Sundial (1695)— 5783, marks sitf eo 2nd. Ace., 4 St 68 Formerly hel Campbelly db f Achnao s - castle garden. breck, who lost their lands after 1745, when the new owners built the house and called it 'Asknish' after their property in Melfort (now called Arduaine). 543. Loch Leathan (400) . ofR A., 196 Rui islandn no t reached:no . s tradha . . ,o R A ftha arron a t w rom this 'castle' killed a man beside Alasdair MacCholla, on his march to Gocumgo (562), on ist May 1647. I can find no ref. in Glassary charters to any castle here. COURT HILL MEETIND SAN G PLACES 544. Barrnakill, O W-slopinA g fiel—d woodef closo eW d crag Verbal trad, site of local Baron- •< Dunardry is pointed out as site of local Court and court (Barons of Dunardry; f Wapenschaw. No sign of any structure. house ruins reporte f Loco dhN r (Cf. Dubh Achadh, 548.) a'Bharain, NR8259I2). (Mac- Tavis f Dunardryho , I7t) c. h 545. Bruac Cuirta hn e NR822977 ONB Curving mound '42 ft. long x 43 ft. wide Name from local inf., 0./VB. Site (Brae of th bane poine th th Court f kf o t of (cf t ). cu Brouch S O " 6 now largely remove gravely db - Poltalloch PSAS.utm.i8c) an Drummin, 291, other end of same workings. o bank). 'Circle' (PSAS) seemed dubiously Cist below bank, 147. K artificial to us (this was a small ring on > lip of the bank, which might have been W mad trea y eeb falling). o r o (Carse: see note at i68a) o 546. Clac Dobhrain ha n Note on Estate A large flat-topped boulder 8 ft. 7 in. x 6 ft. Name and trad, locally, 1960 (The Otter's Stone) MapbyTaylor x 3 ft., no markings: on ridge between 'Meeting-plac settlinr efo g differ- Druim Fuar Skinnerd an , Kilmory . Caolisport L Kna d pan w Lo . ences and concluding agree- Kilmory Knap 1776 turf-dykes run near, one immediately ments betweedistricts.o tw e nth ' SW of stone. Fine outlook (including Fort 310). 547. Crea Erachdaisn ga , NRg87975 NameS O " Flat-toppe6 , d crag overlooking level ground Trad, from proprietor; this was the (Crag of the Gatherings) at Crarae Lodge. district 'meeting place'. Crarae (Church nearer shore, 451; Cairns, 49. 75-) 548. Dubh Achadh NR77485 outcron A 6 blackisf po Carrie, rivee h3 th 2 rock f ro sS Currie: r James i8tn Si i . hc Camp- (Black Field) roamard y (ol dWhite,f ma k o E abovo d t 99-102 an d ean , bell of Achnabreck held courts Kilmichael of Inverlussa site th e? . Currie)qu here at the May and November Terms, levying dues on all tenants whethe rcasa thed e yha r noto y .t otr The y were sum- moned by a trumpeter, a here- co ditar ye MacGille th offic f o e - CO to Number Name of Site Grid Reference Published References Description Remarks o bhearnaigs (Graemes) of Oib Greim lase whomf th ,o t , 'Dun- can Macilebhearnaig" (sic) gave the trumpet to John Campbell of Ardnackaig. (App. ; lost.87 , ) (Oib Greim, ^768873.) Domhnuiln 549Du . l (96) NR788935 6" OS A steep-sided green mound 10 . basft 4 e 'Chair' destroye vandaly db s with- (Donald's Hill) Currie, 19 dia. x 33 ft. high, with flattened sum- in living memory. Crinan (qu. in 2nd St. mit area 24 ft. x 10 ft. on which a few Currie: a Judgment Seat of the Ace., 635d ,an stones mark the site of a 'Judge's Chair'; LordIslee th sf so (MacDonalds ) in White, 104) some stones project from the sides of the and gives a Gaelic rhyme: ACC, 'Moot Hill' mound, whic havy hma e been terraced 'I Donald of (Clan) Donald, sitting in narrow ledges. on Dun Donald, give a right to O The site lies in a valley which gives access Mackay to Kilmahumaig from O M to two good harbours. today to tomorrow and so on for W ever.' 0 (This as a reward for recapturing a K•zH prisoner.) Kilmahumaig (church) o 453. 49°- en 550. Glen Shira d . oan fR , A.,36 'A green knoll 150 yds. above Garron Not located t 'abovebu , ' seems 71/7d 2an Bridge, on the sloping bank of Strone to mean 'uphill', not 'upriver' 81, fn. Hill .. .a narro w flat where n 10me 0 where no suitable site could be could stand ... on the steep hillside a found. R. of A. gives various little N of the bridge' (all R. of A.); site estimate numbere n th f so me f so e gleth nf froo wer mn ewhicme e th h who answere cale armsdo th t l ; war calleo wherd t t an , dou e Courts were the latest mosd an , t likele b o yt also heldd 'judgmentan , s given'e Th . accurate Sheriffmuir fo 0 8 , d an r call to war was by 'bugle' or 'trumpet'. 40 for Culloden. 551. Tom a'Phiobaire NN ? Not located. Inf. 1961 of a 'knowe' between (The Piper's Knowe) Glen Aray and L. Awe (on the Glen Aray ridge, implied) where the people CO of both districts met to celebrate CT) marriages and to dance to a piper. 552, Tom na Cuirte, S ONEO " 6 maif o f firs o n W t p roadlonto t ga , green Well-known locally. One inf. says Glen Aray MacI ridge, wit hdeehighea a d p an gull r S o yt criminals were hung 'ovee th r ridge to N, is a flat-topped kerbed mound, drop to the burn' (Allta'Bharain), roughly pentagonal 5x . max0 ft . ft .0 4 , and buried at 'Toiseach nara d . abouhighft an 5 t. Possible stone- Marbh'namd od en a recorde, d setting near centre naturaA . l amphi- on 6" OS and apparently mean- theatre in the bank to N is 'where the g 'Chiein f (man e Dead'th f )o . jury sat'. (This is a patch of marshy ground (NNo86i49) near the burn; we could see no sign of enclosure etc.) MacI gives trad, that James IV came here to hear the Cap- tai Glef no n Aray giving justice. This cannot be a complete record of the Court-sites of the area (we have nothing for Craignish or for Finchairn). 'Gallows Hills' whic mary presence hma k th e of judgment seats recordee ar , placenamey db s at: Cnoc a'Chrocadair NR712671 (Cretshengan) . Do NR72o6io (Tiretigan) Tom a'Chrocaire NR86368g (Tarbert) whil t Inverarayea , MacI call moune pare sth th kn d i (no )'Gallowa s Site' recordd an , s anothe t Creara g Caorach (Sheep Rock allusion i , prevailine th no t g crim , NNo88o7e?) 2 (app.) There was a Court-house (now the Lachlan Miller Memorial Hall) at Kilmichael Glassary, close to the church (ONB and snd St. Ace., 684). (See 563.) SITES WITH HISTORIC TRADITIONS 553. Ath Mhic Mhartainn NM856O45 see under 537 n drovO e road Ford/Kintraw. Scen feua f eo d figh A.D. ca t. 1294. (See 43.) 554. Bacach's Seat 6" OS A small natural cub quartf eo zn higo p hu White connects it with his 'old Currie the shoulder of Cruach Lusach, over- reiver Ewen Bacach' (see 487) White,5 9 looking the headwaters of the Lussa and Currie calls it 'Tom Seilg river. Mhic Domhnuill Bhallaich', the hunting seat of Freckled Mac- Donald (another John, a historic character) . A local trad, is more complicated, involving 'the Atholmen' (whose deedn i s 1685-6 have given them prece- dence ove l otheral r ogres what- soever folk-memory)n ,i vikinga , - like 'strandhaug n islana n do ' e Celtid th hint(559 an f co )s 'hag' goddess, the Cailleach. 555. Brenchoille about snd St. Ace., 680 Scene of the killing of the Last Wolf in 2nd St. Ace. says it was killed by a Glassary (i8th c. ?). woman with a 'penknife' but verbal trad, says 'a spindle'. e womaTh n die f shoco dd an k was found beside the wolf, near the bridge. 556. Campbell's Cairn A small conical cairn topped wit erecn ha t Of interest as marking the con- Stuchd an Dughaill, marker, with a tablet let into the E face tinuing custom of covering the Hilary which reads: 'Found her bodde eth f yo place of death by a cairn to avoid n CampbelDu l late shepherd Auchoish accidental n pollutionma e Th . 8th Dec. 1881' neatly-carveA . d crook was caught in a snowstorm. surmounts the inscription. littla n site i e s ei gullTh y facin , higgNE h up the hillside. The grave is at Lochead burial ground (4993). 557. Carsaig burial-ground NR735875 Currie Parish burial ground. Currie says it was first used for the burial of a Kenneth 'Cam Coinnich' MacLean from Mull who came over to lift cattle from Taynish in a feud; he (locall Currie}d yan was stabbed by Mac'illebhearnaig of the Oib (see 548) who had tried to 'remon- strate with him' (temp. James VI). PSAS record sHammerman'a s grave here, dated 1 735. CO Number Name of Site Grid Reference Published References Description Remarks K> 558. Creag Dhubh Name 6" 05 MacI says Montrose had his HQ_ here in think the Marquis could have (nr. Auchnagoul) MacI 1645-6. We found no sign of any en- found more comfortable winter closure or structure. quarters. He spent only a fort- night at Inveraray (Dec. 1644) and presumably occupied the castle and town. (Dun Mhulig, 343: said to have been manned, 1745) 559. Eilea Loinnein na n NR755855 White,9 9 trada White'ministera s f o ,ha otherd an ' s We have not reached the island. (E. Loain) 05 " 6 , taking refuge here from an outbreak of The local trad, referred to at 554 plague. ends here wit hmassacra - in f eo vaders; an old woman alive 50 years ago had been told that O their bones were still 'strewn o about'. W W (Eilean da GhaUagain: ref. in A.D. 1455: see 611) d 21-4 560. Eiteag offshore, 6* 05 (name Small tidal rock. Trad. (loc. citlocald .an ) . Ace.St says charte f Maco r - o ('Edeug') OS " 6 , NR7i66ao misplaced) that a 'Charter' was carved on it. Murachies, who were ousted by w (White Rock) ist St. Ace., the MacMillans, before the O xix.308 Campbells came. (MacMillans ^ Chartea alsd oha r Rock, 5683.) H 561. French Farlane NN073042 6" 05 Trads. (loc. cit.) that French « (or Foreland) R. of A., 80 traders had a settlement here, W ('Rudha nam Frangach', MacI buying herring and importing w 6" OS) O goods, until 1798. o I—I 562. Gocumgo NM87OO2O 6" 05 Small natural moun oxbon di f riverwo . Trad, that Alasdair MacCholla W (False Outlet ?) . ofR A., 221 was defeated here by local levies, H Ederline Brown, 446-7 1647, and that he 'knew his luck would leave him' when he came a plac o f that o e t name. (See IO also 543.) Ol HH 563. Kilmichael Glassary NR85292— 9 greatese sitth e f eo Th t Cattle Markee th n ti Court-house (0MB); note under I west, 'Kilmichael Tryst'. The market 'Court-Hills', after 552. CT> was held mainlfiele th d n yi behin e dth A smithy use shoeinr dfo g oxer nfo K> farm (built as an Inn) but extended up to the journey to Crieff or Falkirk standing-stonee th s 176, where clots hwa has recently been reported but measured between two marks (now in- not yet examined, 'up the hill' e 'CrosvisiblTh f Argyll o ) s? e ' (494) rivere th f .o E stood in the field. Wide droves between walls lead acros e riveth s r beloe wth church (494). 564. Lag na Luinge NR86i685 6*05 A marshy hollow Loc W betwee d h an nE Trad Roberf ,o thae on tt I's ships (Hollo Longshipe th f wo ) app. T.P.S. Tarbert (roughly opposite the Drill Hall). slippee rollerth f sof d whee h n (or, 'na Lunn', from was sending ships across to attack hlunnr, ship's roller; Castle Sween (533); see also 566. Norse) This is also where the ship of MID ARGYLL ARCHAEOLOGICAN :A L SURVEY 93 0) UU0 3« £• •—< |3 fcn ^ 2 S £ s-s Pri a) 2 i'l 1 a 3 38, PjT« 4) t)-t> 5*•* Jlfl S.-2 § ^H O P-. ^•ra s::- S o e whic h se d th e cave . Mil a'B eS S g o a d « "•" ha d carrie foo H o u H !3 a s h Ear l (firs t Duke ) o f tol d u s (1961 ) ho w lie d wit h foo b y sni fro m th e Atholmen , ta.a •H 0-73 tuckgoy , whos e linea l h e pas s g o a t S « c"^ „ t o S p 1:^1 d n ! i .H-S •S £"«a .S g £~ o ce s S tOo da n a — 'OS - e d a a'S •ean ^T« "'j ?I s.s-^-s •S' =|a g £.3=g •2SJU bein g Argyl l Munr o desce n hi s a hidd e drop p Sft'S g.sss <'2g| Her e th CO o J0 S3 u H' '1- U^ 2 A'S |u a c a b is l-ll^ ll. S^2 '° S 2 !j|| 1 rt ID IU D S "o'o S3i3 bo o IgS- rif .g ||o| s s« u Ilj . ^"Ml1" * aJ^5 a 1 Sic S _s.S § bo N w.a ^ o3 •5 "3 w <^ '"7 t o^3 U-Q bo 8 c l^" Loch F '2 j §5 1 1 «N S 43 w^ (fl ^ j_ i _u ^ P3 ^*1 u 3 "tl § m CO m a CO 01 £> S 1 Q S 3 5 rM A5 tinrt S 1 O-I, J3." 9 « bobo^ till • bo ^3 c C JS to to c§ m to 94 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 .2 oj rt u « h rt i n c. , ut - •lipli ac - s ** P «-- tio n ItMplI sag> '|H-^.aa* l=31iji yts ET s ff5<" ^!"•*a „" 11H 3'gghHJS «"Si: ^"Sjs^l^^ ohS u & - av e gai n ac c n S loca l i t o er' s c . 1644. ) . th a • H u'jyj ^ s s u| Hriii t e ; l e d . ^iiiiiii m :ii%Jr* gcSlill S.S I^OS-P^SSSQ g U rt Pn °-M Co 'S-S'S(2^.S'i-|-s 3 « ?T3i§ ?-O So H r*1 LJ H u >,T3 a .•C- Mal oC •S13 c o *j-a >> eg »|"c i;" •s s S uScS^ a 1 T3 | •I S'Sl^Jl 9 -3 II ! I m £ J3 . u w 1 ccfg- a" 1 I (O S CO E ICO S 5 .59. 3o ^ <3 a c boS^a '3C3 I 1 *S1 §§§ •as^ Gle n Ara y Gle n Shir a o b Roy' s Ho u H Stronmagachain , o lO SOME POST-REFORMATION BUILDING INTERESF SO T 576. fAray Bridge NNogSogi 6" OS Designe t . know(Johus no r o t nn Adam Pennant's 'Tour Scotland'n i (1772), designe Gardee dth n Bridge, upstream.) frontispiec Volo t e . Ill (2nd ed. Pennant show e originath s l version with 1776) PId I .(ibid.) an , . obelisks on the parapets; this bridge was destroyed by flood, 1771. (866586.) 577. Ardpatrick House NR752592 6" OS Central section, with double th stai o t r garden from upper floor d pedimenan , t with urns, shoul thine d w lat e kb e 17/early 18th c. 578. Asknish House, NRg28gi5 0 " 6 5 House of 18th c. Classical style, school of Built afte estate th r e changed hands Lochgair Adam; many internal features survive. ownersw ne (1746-50 e ,th y b ) Maclver Campbell f Asknisho s , Melfort (now Arduaine). Some of the Home Farm buildings may O be contemporary. 5783. Do. ACC An obelisk sundial, probably markine gth site of the old castle's garden (see 542). inscriptioe Th n reads: 'S.D.C:L.H.L. 20 (June?) 1695' (Sir Duncan Campbell and Lady Henrietta Lindsay 532e :se , garden arch). 579. Auchindrain NN03I032 6' OS Grou townshif po p n housesi e b lase o th ,t t (1963w e formeb No o t ) d int a o j» multiple tenanc districte th n yi . Museu f o mCrofting . Latest pi believeO d built 1820. r o 580. Barbreck House 6" OS Another i8th c. 'Adam' house, built at the ist St. Ace. end of the century. Architect unknown and St. Ace., 52, (to us). Fine plasterwor detaild kan n si O 54 interior. A tablet in the rear gable reads: > 'Major General John Campbell f of Barbreck cfl and Janet Colquhoun his spouse C 1790.' 581. (Old) Barbreck A roofless shell, the older house stands below the mound Dunan Aula (92). A Gothick facade with pointed arches (now crumbling) mask a two-stores y building resemblin e centrath g l par f Tayniso t h House s bee(596)ha n t I converte. o t d gardeners' houses (now ruinous) since 1790. n DunaO n Aula mausoleu s i a e th f mo Campbell Barbrecf so k containing graves of the General, two of his sons and a daughter-in-law. This is now also PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 42S.S -i.ss itui 11t5 S 1'T 8-BJ«* i-T y 1s -s^ J a.? c^ >-i m J >!-" 3^2 » ^O-j; 2T3 !!"i! 811 ^1| J"§ •— • U IH __ en -^ ?• ^a'-a 1U1I! ^Otg<1J ^-Bg fl -^^ ^^•1 c° <-«> £ •"?S 0 S a s *rtj ria ^> bj Remarks > ^ |if H^ 1^1 cr 1 6 °:^ •^o-aS-a in^a °-S uSo *b % ;^ i<'n a j u co S *. O.-O si-g o ° ,. 5 I &i$ Szg-^-: •g'it'S -S|^» V _ IH di uS ui "01 uQ tC S » j *!) •^ -fl .£2 rgyl l MSS ; th e 'Roman ' labe himsicall y applied , r informatio n o thi s site . ambere d cair n clos e by , 41. ) •o '^Z Ric a-i indebte d t o M r E . R Cregee n s e o f buildin g forgotten , thoug h im e earl y ref . ma surviv i n th jme s fro m 2n d St . Ace., becaus e " th e semi-circula r arch , an d i s •=8.1 cac-o 3 c3, u J•< S) ^CO-S- as. 1 i—i ^j, [H h-l oT 03 O M 1 J &* ."2 J8 M "o ^| >. f- "3 *2 2 "fl 8 S-S M < Wt en B s| o a X Q ft £ i.i^ 0 _a e o o g> 1 •a iM8i •8 !. ~* - _g •*^ e *^*^ s2 d _o t£ 0 M^jj '3 £2 . « -%'C1 - CXtD S^ wit h Boswel i n 17/3 , an d «i Ovid , Fasti, i 71) . I a m indebte d t o M r o f interest , includin g th e In n (Argyl l Arm s Hotel ) wher e D r Johnso n staye d lan d t o S f Church , commemorate s erecte d 1759 , i t ha s a Lati n inscriptio an d tw o tag s (Ovid , Tristia, v-5 49 ; som e Campbell s hun g nearb y i n 1686 ; Powde r Factory ; waterwhee l an d som e building s stil l traceable . Joh n Collar d fo r identifyin g these . wa y a t house. ) bee n se t her e an d ther o th islan ma y caus e som confusio n t o futur archaeologists . (Fin e Persia n tile d door - China ; numerou s Orienta l object hav e linen-weavin g factor y se t u p b on e o f presen t bridge . Sill narro w deck , wit h angula r embrasure s fo r passing . Clos e t o mai n roa d S , wit h anothe r (later ) disuse d bridg e t o N f mai n road . A footpat h (th e ol d ) lead s t o i fro m immediatel y K f th e Johnstone , Tuto r t o th e las Empero f Som e buildings , an d a water-wheel th e Duke s o f Argyl l i n i8t h c. , t reliev unemployment ; late r a carpe t factory . survive . it e o f Ironwork s (A.D . 1751 ) an d late r 6 ) muc h o f th e Ne w Tow n (begu 1761 i s & n earl y bridg e wit h a hig spa an d ormerl y th e hom o f lat Si r Lione l fl ) Obelisk , i n garde o f th e Ban k Scot - H < < ^ h 0 M "" — ' s — ' § tO .§ CN 0« 1<«* « •o sf £ os CO y tj ^ Ol „ •^ £ 5= 09 3. 8" " s^ « * 3-s 1 * ^ i 5= s i M CO to r^ M 0 o 4? -1 5" =§. O o =8 5> (N m •*, CO S a i o ^> m ^ « ft! CO oin CO ,0 •w I Z I \ s Z Z Z z z Z z Z z Z <5 "cg? ^o^ '« f _ ^ 3 e "Sfe Wm I f •a-b CO C3 S U JS 'S u C3 O S rt CO If ^, o ^ <~M 1« n •o 2 I ;§>.& 1 9 8.9 c3 I-'33 $ :s c* '2 s 1 o 'in rt II C cU 2-S ! 2 «0 o«g rt . a'C11 •—j if) § C ra ^ &3 « 2 .3 Q ^o JB iJ C w Q s 2- 0 h-^ •5o> O ra r^ E CO CD J. in § <§ CO CO CO CO t % m 4 m m m in m in MID ARGYLL: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY 97 a "H 1 S •S -S ^ CQ *""" ^ WD O c* "2 4) 3 S r a o •Q8 o" r_, O nj rt hJ fi *1- 4J J5 s a3 5 *>.a ' u x I "S"SS Iff 2 2 >5S 3 S 3*.! S'S2<- ° III? •° s^ lalS* ?ss^i 111 M gt3 2 2- bD « > —.J 3 ^is ^^SSd u ^ •^ Una oi-,. 9 e^ «|S •S«|-S'2S 4) U ".atg7a g J. s>2§ • S S .1 S !3 t fll a ™ wa ^.ss .s^ ^^-52- g>.a S^0 g. §|-as «| -1 at; ^ ra« 1 c 22 S§ ,. « - QJ+j c ^1111^11 M ) I R o §41 i.s « fe-s i's 15? §^6S§SJJ a§ « 63 d — .S I la 11 IS I c? §> PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 --_i >a • ?!ii? li*SS - g -S" 1 " le 2 •°-a'S- 3So. HJ 1O l !"'-. O s.6 -s" 8.g-o U u t) c o o a =3 = ' - £• -a oo **9l* ST« § o 5 * illaO j ftj >*! Jss 2>3^,^ tsts.a-d, o c *5 ,*j<«"o'o S§ o o 7S ,— § § § < «O QHfeO s• -s 4 •*• _, o S o *°, J P3 g. C3 i J S ( £ § CO s <§, ^ s m 597- A I Barnluasga mose nTh t southerly NR79ogi6sit undeS s ei O planta" C 6 rF , - Recorde Bronzs da stoce - eAg ken 792920, PSAS.-xxx.vm.i40 t beeno n s visitedha tiod nan . There ear closures, loc. cit. 794923 LXiv.144-cultivationd ol d ova5 an s l hut l alonal s g The site described here is at the N the spur. The best-preserved circle (last end of the ridge overlooking grid ref.) was measured by us as 34 ft. Bellanoch and the Moss. internal dia. with a wall of small stones Other circles are traceable on the . 1wid4ft e between a faces s i ;N . 16ft ground and from air photographs; circle . 1overall9ft , with wall f largeo s r one 20 ft. dia. with a light wall blocks standin stoneg2 s high. is 200 ft. NW of the site, on a lower level. Achanarnic2 598 A . h NM777O29 D & Efog, 5 Between the cupmark sites 198 and 199 is a ring . 3interna1ft l dia. with wall. ft 2 s g wide maxstandinin. 6 ;traca ft. ig to k crosses the level ground immediately N. 3 599. B Ford, Loch Awe NM86503 E/6i& D 7 , 9 Betwee droveroae nth smala d ldan burn, (beyond which liee cupmarketh s d rock 224) wit cupmare hth k sites 230, 2303d ,an r 6 ft.236 , 1x nearby . ft n ova a 4 s 7 i l, r possibly a double wall, with two or more small round structuresn a insid d an e oval (E) faint, but possibly later, at W. 600. C i (or C 2 ?) Caisteal cise th t 131d an ,for 2 e Wesundeth 29 t f to r nan Coin Duibh a small wood at the edge of old arable is o a row of very small round foundations K averag . diaft e6 . > W o Poltallocd 601 Ol iC . h NM8i20o8 'Cairn' 6" 05 Three rings, the middle one on the map; r yds0 3 .d an yds0 othere W 5 th e .SS sar o NE; all 10 ft. dia. o Loc2 602 C Fola h.n a NR75i7g E/6i,& D 9 8 Agains E-facinn a t g cliff smala , t combu l - Bloodf o . (L , plete beehive cell . higin , h6 abou . ft 4 t f from reddish and 5 ft. 6 in. base dia. with stone door- colour of water) slab, and keeping-place at rear against dCfl rock. Nearby are examples of G i, E, and possibly G with one unique struc- ture, described below. 603. (Atypical) do. - in rin. A erecin f g o 7 . t ft slab 6 ibidx s . 10.ft . Cf(Believe66 . locay db l informant ternally . . high1ft ,0in e slab2 on , o t s to be a 'grave'.) fallen inwards may mark entrance. 604 BellanocD . h Hil) (4 l — Agains west-facina t g clif wala f l 1. lon0ft g Old cultivations and E type x max . froft .m6 rock. foundations near. 605 BarmorE . e Wood (41) Withi forecoure nth cairne th ovan f a o ,t l 23 ft. x 18 ft. externally (16 ft. x n ft. internally) with door at outer end of long S side. 100 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 d d f S a bo J3 a •O 1 o 3J3 61 O O-. I W h oO O O t« MID ARGYLL ARCHAEOLOGICAN A : L SURVEY 101 ;* ff !a'l I 5 rt an d shaft s ;&I1 •°T3 M •S.3-33 2 -*-5 otn• Ig) a M Hous e oo •ss™ « «& ^ 8 a ll'l 3 u"o a1! 4 0 S 0 rf O !! "h-^2 . 3 b) ei1 n 3 £1 bO u 2-«-s Si 11s ^•Ci«J5 3 -° 1 0 "*j» *a li^1p! bee n foun d (man y year s ago) . cS w i schis t outcrop ; broke n an d abandoned . fill opencas t horizonta l workin g conspicuo u S9 ii U3 'Gold ' reporte d locall y (a s above) . Sem i cn 1 r^ i— tNE S I N MI D ARGYLL >ui.g o 'Workin g abandoned ' befor e 1793 . ^0 c*; y belo w moder n sheepfan k i angl e o f burn : s site l T S ^ § S J" ^co u ^J ^•m -SO S3 ^.g. U s 2 i t>ico K s^ !<§ »5 o o I o^S ? ia "1 § § •^ % N B £ i. 1 Thi s lis t i probabl y id: 4- Miscellaneous : i n Scotland (Bannatyn e Cl u Cop JVicfe/ : 621. Clachbreck (see 421) NR767758 On ridge of rock running SW from SW Possibly a faint rectangular foun- corne steadingf ro basia , n . diagin j .x dation below rock (about 4 ft. . deep7in , rounded bottom. Near edge high) e findeTh . r pullea t dou of rock. tuft of rushes and found a stone disc in the roots (not now visible). 'Cross' nearby, see 421. 6aa. Drimvore Farm NR835943 NameS O " 6 , At corner of farmhouse garden dyke, next road and nearest the burn, lies a stone (perhap smalsa l morta t measureI . ?) r s . max.in e 9 th ,x . in 6 . ft ix . . 10ft iin base dressed to a V-section with flattened apex. Basin 3 in. from one end, 9 in. x . deep in . dia 5 in , .8 x rounde d bottom. 623. } Dunadd (see 315) 'Trough' 6" 0.9 Close to the Boar and other carvings, a PSAS.xm.3i basin in outcrop, 11 in. dia x 8 in. deep, rounded bottom. 624. Dunadd II (see 316) No artificial basin certainly identified, Also reporte s 'footprint'a d e se , though a large ? natural one was found 262, 316. at the roadside end of the ridge about halfwa. yup Buidhn 625Du . e (329) On the second summit of ridge NE of fort, on rough outcrop, are three basins almost in line over a distance of 3 ft. 8 in. (1) 7f in. x 7 in. x 8J in. deep; i ft. 2 in. N, . (irregulain 5 x . . r in in (2oval5 6 ) x ) deep . NW . in ;i ft i , (3) 4^ in. x 4J in. (irreg.) x 5 in. deep. slightlAle ar l y contracte mouthe th t da s a , Rock grooved with other markings, ifwaterworn. Spot height (OS) 568 ft. probably natural. o ffi 626. Gartnagrenoch NR79I904 Site, 6" OS Betwee roaC ruined nF dan d township,a (Cairn nearer main road, 53). > large flat-toppex . din boulde3 . ft 5 r w 2 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft. 6 in./3 ft. high. 9 in. o from corner nearest houses a basi, n r 1 ft. x 11 in. wide x 8 in. deep, flat o bottom smalA . l hollow (doubtful cup- a stonee th p .u . mark . widein in 6 5 s )i , o > 627. fKilberry (488) — A hollow 6 in. x 5^ in. x 3^ in. deep, Three stone basins, one placed by r rounded n cross-basei , a broke s ha ,n the cross in igth c. and two by granite ball lying in it (found recently house th probable ear y husking- nearby). mortars. 628. Kilbride House (235) — The enormous 'cup', gj in. x loj in., 5J in. deep and 6J in. across its flat bottom, falls withi e rangth n f thio e s series; it is surrounded by smaller cups hardl n i nrosettea a lateca e d yb r an , enlargement. 629. Kilmalieu (491) and St. Ace., 19 'A large stone about 13 in. in height and In possession of the Parish Minister diametern i . 2ft t int octagonacu n ,o a l (1845 d sai o havean t d) been form witd an h'basia eithen no r side. used at the Reformation, one sidr Romafo e n Catholic bap- e othe th r Protestism fo d r an s - o tantinformatioN . o t s a n o present whereabouts. O9 104 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 "Se2 oYg3 Is-s S s "8 82 S « * 2> 8 ^ —™ g.a a V C rt o O 11111 O 3 w J2 S 1 "t 4, ,3 followine Th probable gar y bait-pounding basins (see 'Remarks') 637. Barmore Island NR87-7I- Rock-hollowed basins reported close to shore. Not visited yet. (Shellfish were pounded to pulp and thrown into sea to draw fish inside nets.) 638. Creag Mhor (Castle NR— 76-93- Rock-hollowed basins reported Dounie, 294) clos shoreo et t visite No . d yet. A probable gatepost-socke ats i t : S 639. Lunga House NM796o6 slabA 7leaning —agains e roadsidth t e bank; I—I ft.2 , x roughl . in 5 y. ft triangula 4 r with u apex cut away (l ft. 6 in. across). 7J in. from base is a basin i ft. dia. x 6 in. . widin deet fla3 ea tx p bottom. O x! Close to Aird Farm, NM767OO2, is a gate presumably working in such a socket, the headpost acting also as a hinge. (Near r 618.) Finally, having been told by several informants of a 'very fine rock-basin' we located it at F.urach NM8440— H This is a water-worn hollow 8 ft. dia. x Surprisingly trado n , , survivese on ; nearl . deepft y6 rive,e opeth rn no side . would expect 'Diarmaid's Caul- waterloggeds wa t I seemt usee b bu , do st dron r 'So '. Columba's Quaich' as a tramps' shelter in good weather. In at least. the W'ly group of rocks in the gorge, w close to a coped wall and a Home Guard o strongpoint. F O O a * < w io6 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, ig6l-62 • iiv-v'-Vi^fr f LONG CAIRN STANDING STONE —"— GROUP DISTRICT BOUNDARY LAND OVER &00 FEET-STIPPLED i—i—i—i—i—>—'—i—i—i—O I I SCALE OF MILES 890 FIG . Distributio2 . Lonf no g Cairn Standind san g Stones MID ARGYLL: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY 107 CUPMARKS CUPS CUPS-&-RINGS J. CUPS ON STANDING STONES DISTRICT BOUNDARY LAND OVER 80O FEET-STIPPLED • NR 890 FIG. 3. Distribution of Cup-and-Ring Marks io8 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 2 m JL ROUND CAIRN CIST WITHOUT tt VISIBLE CAIRN GROU CISTF PO S SHOWING NUMBERS DISTRICT BOUNDARY LAND OVE0 FEET-STIPPLE80 R D SCALE OF MILES 390 FIG . Distributio4 . Rounf no d Cairn Shord san t Cists ^ A MID ARGYLL ARCHAEOLOGICAN :A L SURVEY 109 NM UNO OVE0 FEE80 RT- STIPPLE D 9 0 FIG . Distributio5 . Fortf no s 110 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 PRE- 12™ C. CHRISTIAN SITES —"— (TRACES) •f- MEDIAEVAL CHRISTIAN SITES „— (TRACES — ) CASTLES "—— SITE OR TRACES DISTRICT BOUNDARY LAND OVER 600 FEET-STIPPLED Ql——i—.——,——i——,——i——,——,——,—i |0 7690 \ FIG. 6. Distribution of Early Christian and Medieval Monuments APPENDIX: FINDS 112 PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , ig6l-62 3 S si b 1 •a ^ -g^o'E o3 "Sal «=£•« f- CO i •s9<-«- CO !j n *J -10 o 1 •§ |^"§ 2> ft, 2 — ^ ^ 1 £ ^. a "Q "^j* ffi m £ bo aj co co co 3=5=? °?°? i| 1 % S -E.S2 lO 41 1 n § i 1 Q cr 1& i cig 8 2 ui Cf "- O "o 2 % 1* *^ qj w *-> , f?r, CH w ^ ,§ rO ] V 1 1 i* & 2 1 1 S"2 PH J3 C1J L^ U -00 ——— —0 » ———————————————————————————— .* .3 « 1 U >.•»<£ •S S.S'3 ^ >. « fe CJ}CC ? £-33 _rt PQ —a) .1 G W ii fe CO •C) ^JH CO s CN L O C O Grid Referenc Q 01 PHQ 'Oin Catalogue at ^S < to CO Name of Site, Nu ^ O c^ Q g p^ ('Rudle ' i n litt. ) ANASKEO G Cair n 6 NR84I95 3 ARDCASTL E WOO D < z 6z ACHAGLACHGAC H NR8O563 5 appro x i n cultivate d fiel NRgo486 3 appro x ASKNIS H FORES T NRg5ogi 5 ACHNAB A FAR M ;a « « CO * 10 » MID ARGYLL: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY : FINDS d•*N CO CO Of CO Tj* C o c in( O o> 1 w -*.o q S> *^ u^- O •* m" o co" rC _j CO CO . CO Of »H (M w c< Flints , Kilberr y 2! til bJ *Z, ('959 ) Possessio n o f fin d O COO £OG o f Auchinella n Slab , Glasgo w Museu m an d Ar t Galler y 1 3 A 604 5 NMAHP O 1 0 no w los t ? J . M B Wright , 01 CO CO CD to1 CJ CO 1 2 10 ?«£- 01 CO ^ t~* t-1 3 x ^ ^o t? B « X ^ s b} w *J *J S ^* Ct3 > > > x c^ 2 c/j ^o 3 r5 c/j c/J cQ ^ c«Ky ^ d M "^ "^ ^ T3 s^ ^i JH ^3 Q£ ^ C^ C) a. ^-2-(2 A bfi 3 T3 C f "s w C/2 O £5. 4) 2 » £ 3 0.3. w o U 1 N J? B '"§ Sift's g j3 § s jjj 2 o C 'S.-0 CQc/O 3G /S h4>OO^ 0 s 03 U^S « g ^ J L« CO In S S a t2 « S CSC 53 u ° of§ feffi tS C b M T3 C g CN « o eo •* 2 r-*^1 T co to I T3 KM ^ m in § |< sI i t-o "^>CJ O Ol Q i-J ,;y j_* O .'s pi ."« e^ Castleto n BALLYMEANAC H FAR M NR85092 0 BAILLIEBEO , NR88396 3 NM865O2 7 app r AUCHNASHELLO C BADDE N FAR M 2 5 NR8588g o NR88a85 5 Bank-and-ditc h AUCHINELLA N r- co 0) o ~ 2 CO 114 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 D a S. 1~ *S 3 •* IJ B c< 3 O 0 0 §2" O) co °? C § <; «2 o> o >- O •C * T» >O C ^ rt V I£> 1 s S £ S -S. . ^ •* * " • to to ^ t to ^ •a e ^5 i-T >> ^ ^ M £3 '** X S'-'S Si^StS"? IS || ^ S S"l 5 Q" Q"! SJ Q S2 " ' '' ' 1 l •c §-5- tn \ t-« g %-" H s Wl^3° Medieval ll Ills fi "a ^ III ll l! O Cyj w CO $ » sS- '"C""' _ P S-.S"* f £«'! -5 •8 •13 "3 -S 1 .S Is- f*H 3 1 •o ^ ID to XI •1 " S ^ "gt3 2 o ^_^T3 1 ^ " °> S "H 10 £ ag o § B |ff I I If 5=If1 ! d |o> § w% E It a n NASSERI E •JO iji a Ji in 33300 6 °--s ^x ^^ * 11-^ 513 ll 31 S ^ Tf « to 2- 00 MID ARGYLL: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: FINDS .', S u {H "3 s C3 =" S 3j? i O .| |^l ! H u "cT 13 ei Itsa 01 3S 11^ S's fi •sl "S^'l ^ •S s «2 2° 3'co oT H" fc-cS N cd o ill III si gj^lif U o . "2 ^ ^ .« U «£- ^iSlliS 2*3-5? i2 "55 •o ^O fj "> m H- ^ 0) > 2 S s „" !>1 «0 1 S 1 i i" T3 „ 3 fi 60 0 a.i-s c Ul V 3 a4 s 1 gs^- N l§dl 2-23g PQ cr-— - w 5 O U 8 1 » M „ S ! V is * 1:11 Ja 1 a -2 N T3 r « C V .s s o 0 x to TX l (-, ™ £ ««§ w^cS fl £ OT in Is ^r-T O* 1 Is }|p >42 0gJ ^N 'ioJ rt c< 5 2 111! c/j rt ^ -C w « °2 ^ .5 *S &H to •g 5U 5 P«i tS« i-j I *•" 15 ^ =3l"H* CO IP is S u g i IB < 3 60 Jo o C^ to £ «3 3 ° d. M -—- D, en rt«i! ou •§"« C, !S S ™ « f.'f S *$.£ ?&S «§>« ?M to01 ^ J> II lit illl I 2=2,6 o <§-5 <^« J ^ to J3S O ! o (ploughe d u CARS E &£•£< g NR7so6i ( OZ'S o^;u 5 CRARA E 7 5 NR 8 g7 3 z 9 7 rt o N CO ? CN CM (N 116 PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , 1961-62 to § ? a ^ t O.| o O *-^ en P! Kilberr y ( z o ^.9 2 A in 3i § x sen it P 3D •^ S" q 111 ll ^ ^^ as O,«58 S-S 1 C! |a ^ £„ -"S j! • a II 111 1" it "„•§ S ua '3 Slfl IH^S* • FJ ft "Sa w «a LH C8 •o 2 ^P •t-1 ^3 fl",^ ^"' ^ "~^ +^ I c^cucroyc^3"3. CLrtxrt, S^: >C II a » "S 4_, CO""" ?£ ^t V 111 !t .a >. ^ 1 i •8 ^S ^ § 8 •18 4i w 5 " IM eu ts s ^i£ CT ^ 6 •§ C/3 i a g ^ Wcoco Grid Reference fc- ^ tD in Catalogue and III goo Name of Site, Number (shore ) N R 70663 3 (foun d ca . 1870 ) Kintra w DANN A (belo w hig h DRIMVOR E FAR M NR835944 ? DRUI M A N DUI 30 6 DU N A'CHAISTEI L 31 1 for t NR7i378 o CRETSHENGA N DAILACHAIR N 8 4 cis t i n cair DANIS H KING' S GRAV E 8 NM83OO5 0 NR7037g 6 for t NR78igi 2 DU N A'Cnoi DUIB H 31 3 for t NR80464 0 water , bu t unpatinated ) NR70766 g approx . ^ ^ * m CO o N CO ^ c* a CI CO CO CO CO MID ARGYLL : AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY : FINDS 117 o T3 Tf 1^ s en co (N a to co cc « to ? S" o c mT i-- r^ °? ,v _*. r^ i"^ ^ ^ o tU . ^ § CT M « ec 5 -2 « O e?^gO O , S"O c o 5 « 00 = H P H P H PHP H P Q~ H VP n H P O^ (A 0, OH « X O£^^.g-g OOff X Xi X W K S ?c2>gf S1 ^^^ OO C? 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S"5 S « g «S§ ^§=3 tn %-o to So 3I g u 1 il gjsB. •« rt rt §3 S in "^ If IS oz •* CO 118 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 V ^-^ fi" ^g ' — * ,— —4 «) O m 1 ^ >. • I V at """^ ,_ x O '£'* 1 ^ rt __, O .s^~. °? c< b « t! - .3 S° § s en j? en «" 1 •o en i¥ * a O ^o ~ If •*1 ^ M a HS« (surfac e f i 2; •!2 < '§ So Hil>** fe -C rt l-— - Kilberr y Kilberr y ( 0 m si CO CJl 10 cT « 1 co" co ci "5 coc; > ^)'- tO g 1 1 ^ O) ^ ^ ^"c ^1 ^ ^ J ^ 1" ^ S -2- a. Q ao , o,^ -b. ^ ~tn s• ^ij§i?j g „ u , _ ^__, »— 1 J3 *U OH i 1\ llllj Medieval io i w w ^3 o rt -o n , M a c jC^ > 3 2-> SV ss M u Illll o S !§" ^ § e M> "° U |i sl1 O tug 3g *-* C3 x C 0 1 C w "4) TO C T3 C C ?} « rt ^^ °"oo U M I^f ^co " ' «5 o 11 1 ^ ^ C/3 e S s ' •« — y fl 02 ————— (U ————— S ^ (-1 3 _C ryt E« c" E rt '.it 1 iS 3 cu "O ~ I'a-S 1 * o *S U t/D S Jf||.t ^r S •is ic rg C O 2 M2 - „ 1 '3 13 jC « o J CO c in § Grid Referen O _, 10 i n Catalogue (. c o to II.E rt U to Name o f Site, J V df^ g ^< OJ (DRUIMNAGALL ) QZO DUNTROO N 36 4 NR80395 9 vitrifie d for t DU N BEA O 32 6 for t DU N A NIGHIN NM84902 8 fort N R 7 1 684 6 EILEA N A CILL E NR75I97 I cav e o ^ „ m ID CO C) o w ^ CO CO CO CO CO T^ >?* ^* MID ARGYLL: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY : FINDS S" S ,,'u' as £ Si'" _ ^ I- "-1 T3 01 w - ^ f^ to "w tT °~ c •g ^-g Cr-O. "JT ^ " i ' i S OK1 > § Ol ^ U ffi -Q CC ^o it I 1! | l •i| 5 5a S F§ =2 5 tlj ^ S^ .: KV ^ (bow l apparentl y (Purchased ) Inverara y Castl e NM A E 5 7 Kelvi n Museum , A 6 collectio n For t Willia m Muse u NM A H 7 4 Inverara y Castl e collectio n wrongl y catalogued ; se e text , above ) * Ool > ft 7 7 ^*" « o > » 5 | "8, >< m«" co"^? 3 s! S ? S ^ 2 $ CO 1 j|* ll ill 1 1 a,, o TJ«Q i a, a, •— *• *« "S * • gT3 a « la •S.s."' i) a 2 cu £3.8 £•ctf edls-3^§ TJ «3 ™ s^ cfi 1^ S bo U3 (3 •3 'u D u & I fl a 1«"8 8 M u S ^~* 'a ^ :2/2 S. ^""^S c.a > si 2S «6 •3 03 u< 00^3 IN i| CO ^ fell CO JM 8 -a la ^i lo o> w ^2X C bo ^3 "so / V« 1) o 'S •3 ^ -o* 3• .*§ > ! I illl ! si NM86go3 6 F C roa d moun d (gallow s site ) ( = cairn? lit fro m foo t o f V td h-7 ^H J f-\ (a ) cis t 14 0 (4 ) foun d whe n cuttin g (sit e quarrie d awa y — (cist , no w destroyed ) FURNAC E 15 2 (a ) NNog-og - ? FOR D LOC H AW E approx . NNoaSoo i ? ) GEMMI L 14 1 NM787054 ? INVERARA Y NM866o3 g GLEBE , 10 5 Kilmarti n NR833g8 g cair n Soz (A ) NNoggog a n o CO 5 o (0 r~. CO O) 120 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 a „ el "aS'M g § |-|Q| g *c? a1§ i? "? '« S ^ 1 « S to O) m m co <£ to" I*~ 1^* o* OT in N O)M a o c^ S u o ta x ^ to r>» Reference Published II 3D^ iji £ Q qSi OH Q Q ndlestic k d I-H M Q "g fttl 4^^ v i 1o si £% "ri b. Vb^O 1 -•-> •^'S 4n ° l.i r w ^ 3 ^'rt*n -THt) ti* rt & §5r o u *1 r ————— v ——————— O fto ( __^_ ^ •o c B j* Jjl It •81 quart z chips ) flin t an d Beake r (an d lii •"„ js 8 i^T <^ •J"2 §"."1 8>'l 8 • •s tg*S 2^3 c. °=§ u 1 •* S3 G ^ *s ^ 3 3 g" ^ II IOJ1 •s 1 _! &. ? CO Ol •1 § s 4J "b K CO CO <-5 O rv^ ^ lO3 M 2 rft Cf Co » 3S CTcil oy ' tOo^ hoO i^"^_S^ >J OJ CT) JH O1 g Grid Refere in Catalogue Name of Site, / 'KNAPDAL E FOR KINTARBER T NR84-68 - LINNII E MHUIRJ C chambere d cair n KILMARTI N NR83599 0 NR7O274 9 cis t (no w destro y N R ? NR72284 7 roc k shelte r KILOHOA N 5 KILMOR Y KNA P i NR8o8g6 5 £ co m to ^ 0in m in m o in m 57 LUNGA House Small bladf eo (in gravel) brown flint with Kilberry (1955) NM7g6o64 end retouch 58 PORT ANN i Shell mound D&E 19565 , (J. G. and M. Scott) NR 91 1864 with flints and Kilberry (1958) (a few with retouch) 59 Sx COLUMBA'S CAVE NR75I76; 20 Flints S Microliths Flints HH (excavations 410 Antler pinbond san e tool uncertaif so n date O in progress) 474 Hammer stones, polisher t lidpo s d san 500 Antler cheek piece D&EIQSQ, 17 Kilberry (to NMA at and 1962, 7 end of excavation) Sherds Glazed Sherds Crucibles, moulds and slags sherds Schist discs Bronze balance (8/9th c.) Small j'ar NMA catalogue NMA ME 479 O . (probablDo y with ring 'Lady John X found ca. 1885) lugs Scott Coll.' > w Do (according to Stone Achahoish Parish O local tradition) basin Church, used as a f font O (see text 617) O M 6o SEAFIELD 120 Perf. PSAS.LKXi.8g NMA EQ. 520 O NR782877 pebble of 1946, 244-5 >1 cis cairn ti n grey stone r 12 chert chips, 34 quartz EQ.52I do. (i poss- re . touched) *l hH 61 SOUTH CAIRN 59 PSAS.vi.w-tf, O NETHER LARGIB Beacharra Parts of xxxvin.334, BM (cast, NMA, NR828g8o bowl 5 beakers, Lxni.37 EO 957) chambered cairn 2 broken barbed (a) from chamber arrowhds., flint chips and quart. zdo (b) from inserted cist FV BM 122 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 .-B to I •£ wT tf o s^j Q 01 to in 1 to O) •s ^ 0) 'an O M • t, M J v -2 o ^•^ Q ^S 2 t 1 1 I? l?i \ |l ~ < 1 2 (39.8 2 2 £,£. Q 2; 2 §1 to o r^ CO _ o to~> > "8 8 8. to- <3 to H iT) ^ « [§ 1 en > g ffi s "C *£i $ * fq «S^ ^N *3 "O •"5 3D 1 i- •< § 1 1 i y ?* ^ fl/ t i cj "" l{i £ C| \fJ CO cu4J ^e "-t8S TJ TJ l?-t2 f -C si V V c/)4JuVOjV | £- ^^ 11 1| l| l||I|j|| u f-at—t rt los B^ SI St:* ;§ 1 1^1 •8 ,S S3 •S g go 3 1 CUM C 3 ~v « •g M c/3 1 3 |"« « ^ dl'sll ^. J CO S^3 ^-^ ^^ Grid Reference in Catalogue an | Name of Site, Nu (surfac e find ) (r e sit se text ) (recte, NR 7 19608 ) cav e i n 25-ft . RB UPPE R LARGI E ('clos e t o house , i n 'NR7i76n ' TORBHLARE N 50 1 NR70865 9 TOL L NA M BRO C 2 NR8og82 3 roc k shelte r a t 75O-ft . contou r UAM H N A CREICH E NR834gg g appro x STONEFIEL D NR86 7i 7 ? root s o f blow n tre e TlRETIGA N 2 4 cav e o n 2 5 ft . R B 5 BILE 72 POLTALLOCH (estate formerly Beaker PSAS.xxxix.24.2-4 NMA HPO 13 extended from Loch Sherds of Awe to Loch Sween 3 beakers (i from and cist HPO 15-17 frod an m Loch at No. 3, supra ? s cardia(17ha l Craignish to P£4S.vi.35o) decoration) o Knockalva) FV HPO 14 a Flints Shaft-hole > battleaxe (i from No. 6 32 ?O HP w .M^.S.vi.350. 21-O 5HP o Large Others from No. F Tievebulliagh 48 ? ibid. 354-5) O axe 1962L A , iNM O (-4 O OBJECTS REPORTED, LOCATIONN( JW UNKNOW N > 73 AUCHNAGOU8 L3 'Remnants J. S. Phen6, Inveraray Castle r NNo6iO55 PRIBA, 1872-3, collection? en chambered cairn conical white 181-90 a stone worn by manual friction' w 74 AUCHNASHELLOCH 271 'A flint manufactory' Leitch, 1 6 (see 7, supra) 'Arrowheads and other implements' 75 AUCHOISH 40 'Flint knife PSAS.ixn.^ NR87ogn . . . outside . Hewa(J t Craw) chambered cairn cairn' 76 BALLYMEANACH 'Urn and PSAS.vi, App5 .3 'in wood' near No. 12 bronze (in passing), and (supra) (see text following dagger Lxiv.136, qu. 150) yet remain' 'Dean Mapleton's in a cist MS notes' to 00 124 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 1961-62 1L S C*OH 1 < "81 i* 1 !|l If 1 ^ a 1 1 rs n relativ e 1 git J 0 g ii £ «§S3 6 — PH i-i-d b 13 ,2 ai c? •» r^ • S 0^ 2 - i-? «">-CC « w 5C?-0'> 2 ^ 00 fi S I* lllll •a •s-o is- « c pu 1 •*• fe CO w CO CO Id •3 10 " c 2 1? CO >O » &•§• 'S^'S oo ^ a 5 Grid Reference in Catalogue ana 2K Name of Site, Nwn III (cave , no w quarrie d CRETSHENOA N 30 3 uz NR70767 0 DUNTROO N 1 0 NRSoxgs g ELLAR Y 1 2 cav e UZ « away ) NR73976 6 GARTNAGRENAC H NR7gogo 4 ? 4 r~ CO C35 1 CO eg co co CO MID ARGYLL ARCHAEOLOGICAN A : L SURVEY : FIND S 125 I 22 u ° =5 »•• '• b°o ^ -" .. SO— 60 Disintegrate d o n >. -0, exposur e t o ai r (J 10 .3 S cj 5) -§•? 3 .a ('Loch Ki e N a. bar' ) PSAS.vn.3 i 41 ll "-c HB.8 .§8 •S«j o O, S « a "p § CO ^^ S.SV"-- 2: ^^ 3 o>"3• NEFIEL D 86-7I - LO C NR cra n .SZ 6l S'' S 7io"..•c w-2 . sc ts BX^« Si possibl e sid compartmen t i n ruine d are a others , i n situ. SW . On e ver y massiv capstone , an d 5 ft . x ft. , 6 fro m entrance an d trackway . N o f track : n certai kerb , bu t siz e an d shap e sugges t a ruine d lon g cairn . long , wit h a n enlarge d compartmen t O n gree ridg e overlookin g ol d arabl an exposed , 5 ft . 7 in x 2 8 1 poin t o f promontor y facin g SW . 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