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MHG42840 - School, Kilmory, Ardnamurchan

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A C18-C19 schoolhouset a Kilmory, Ardnamurchan.

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User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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NM57SW 10 centred on 529 701

See also:
NM56NW 1 NM 5312 6998 Chapel; Burial Ground; Font; Cross-head

A township comprising three unroofed buildings, one of which is a long building of three compartments, two partially roofed buildings, twenty-five roofed buildings, one of which is a long L-shaped building, one is annotated as a School and another is annotated as a Church, four enclosures, a lime kiln and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet xv). Ten unroofed, nineteen roofed buildings, which include a Schoolhouse, a Church and a Hall, three enclosures and part of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 22 April 1998

The school appears on the 1st edition 6 inch OS map and so dated to, at latest, 1875-76. The building had changed on the 2nd edition 6 inch OS map, suggesting that at some point prior to c.1900 alterations and expansions were undertaken. <1> <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NM 5297 6978 (88m by 88m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NM56NW
Civil Parish	ARDNAMURCHAN
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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