WoSAS Pin: 15655

Site Name: Old Mains of Edinmore

Alternative Name(s):

Monument Type: Structure: Farmstead; Enclosure

Council: Argyll and Bute

Parish: North Bute

Map Sheet: NS06NE

Grid Reference: 205130, 667430

Canmore Number: 88721

Non-Statutory Register Code:

Site Report

WoSASPIN 15655

NS 052 674. Old Mains of Edinmore.
Proudfoot 1993d; Hannah and Proudfoot 1994.

NS 0513 6743. In the back garden of the former manse of Cnoc an Rath (Croc an Raer) are the stone footings of parts of at least one building and yard wall. The outbuildings and N wing of the manse may possibly be part of a former farm. A farm is on record at this site from 1576, probably being abandoned between 1825 and 1835. The site is marked on the maps by Roy, Scottish Records Office Kames Estate (2 buildings) and MacKinlay.
Isle of Bute Settlement Survey, information provided to SMR August 1999.
Site report in SMR archive.
Entered WoSAS (NE) 05/06/00.

Further Reading and Sources

Proudfoot, E V W , 'Isle of Bute (Rothesay, North Bute & Kingarth parishes): Survey of deserted settlements on the Island of Bute', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, 1993, p.63.(1993)

Hannah, A and Proudfoot, E , 'Survey of Deserted Settlements, Isle of Bute', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, 1994, pp.58-9.(1994)