OS1/2/78/145
| 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. |
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[Page] 145Parish 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)".Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
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