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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISLACHATTAN | Islachattan Islachattan Islachattan |
Estate Map Mr. Ferguson Mr. P McIntosh |
258 | This name is applied to a stony bank in Campbeltown Loch, situated between high & low water mark; & forms a small Island about half tide. Origin of name is not known. |
| RUIN [The Trench] | The Trench The Trench Trench Trench Ruins |
Mr. Ferguson Mr. P McIntosh Estate Map Map appended tp "Reports upo the Boundaries of the severeal cities, &c &c". |
258 | A well known name applied to a ruin of an irregular shape. The north, south & east walls remain but not their original height, now being from eight to twelve feet high. It appears to have been a place of stome strength the walls being about 4 feet thick. At the south end there is an almost entire shaped oblong ruin, the north & west walls of which are of the ordinary dwelling house thickness the south forming apparently portion of the original structure, & as stated above (4 feet in breadth). A few Chains north of the same, are the remains of a cairn in which was discovered several stone cists containing human remains. The propriertor in cultivating the ground preserved the site in which a stone cist is still exposed to view. "During the civil wars this country having suffered so much from the ravages of Alexander McDonald called Alister McColl, who came over with a party of Irish, to assist Montross, the Earl of Antrim was expected at the same time, and a battery commonly called the Trench was raised for his reception on a point, at the entrance to the harbour". New Statistical Account. |
| CAIRN (Site of) [The Trench] | Cairn (Site of) | 258 | A few Chains north of the same [Ruin (The Trench)] are the remains of a cairn in which was discovered several stone cists containing human remains. The propriertor in cultivating the ground preserved the site in which a stone cist is still exposed to view. | |
| CIST [Cairn, The Trench] | 258 | A few Chains north of the same [Ruin (The Trench)] are the remains of a cairn in which was discovered several stone cists containing human remains. The propriertor in cultivating the ground preserved the site in which a stone cist is still exposed to view. |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 145
Parish of Campbeltown
[Ruin] (The Trench)
T.P.W. [Thomas Pilkington White]
Transcriber's notes
Note: the description for the "Cairn" and the "Cist" are part of the description for the "Ruin (The Trench)".
Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 78 - Parish of Campbeltown, OS1/2/78
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Campbeltown.
Ordnance Survey - Argyll county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Argyll, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.