Colonsay and Oronsay
| Name | Value | Date | Grid Ref | Map Sources | Other forms, comments etc |
| Balnahard | 2½m
(1/4 land) |
1541 | NR 4199 | Blaeu(Jura/Islay)
RHP 3079 |
Ballenehard(1541), Bal na Ard(Blaeu) |
| Kiloran | 5m
(1/2 land) |
1541 | NR 3996 | Blaeu(Jura/Islay)
RHP 3079 |
Twa Killoderans(1541), Killorane(1545), 5m Kilzewran & Ballemades in AS II (693) 1642.
Keillewnane & Ballaveid in ABA FH 235 of 1642. |
| Upper Kilchattan
& Lower Kilchattan |
2½m
(1/4 land) |
1541 | NR 3695
NR 3694 |
Blaeu(Jura/Islay)
RHP 3079 |
Twa Gilcattingis(1541), Upper & Lower are 1¼m each in 1751.
1¼m Kilcattanemoir in RMS IV (1272) of 1558 – instead of the expected Karremoir as in RMS III (3085) of 1545. RHP 2992 shows that Upper is to NE, Lower is to SW. |
| Ballewetrach-Kilcattane | 1¼m | 1545 | 1¼m in 1545 & 1558. Ballevochtrach-Kilcattane in 1558.
= Upper Kilchattan? |
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| Dungalion | RHP 3079 | Dungalion(1804). See also Dun Ghaillion in Colonsay’s Family Origins Part 2 in The Corncrake Issue 16 at www.colonsay.org.uk. | |||
| Riasg Buidhe | NR 4095 | RHP 3079 | Risbuie(1804) | ||
| (C)laonairidh | NR 3995 | RHP 3079 | Clunery(1804) | ||
| Glas Aird | NR 4094 | RHP 3079 | Glassert(1804) | ||
| Scalasaig | 1¼m
(1/8 land) |
1541 | NR 3993/3994 | Blaeu(Jura/Islay)
RHP 3079 |
Skallissage(1541). Half (ie 8s 4d) to ‘the officiar for doing of his office’ in 1541. See below. |
| Mauchrenecleif
& Bollevery |
2½m
(1/4 land) |
1541 | These two farms appear together as 2½m in 1541, 1610, 1642 & 1667. Blaeu gives Bahiaclyf which looks like baile + chlibhe. Presumably both were near to Maol Chlibhe. | ||
| Maol Chlibhe | NR 3594/3694 | ||||
| Macherenecleue | 1¼m | 1545 | Maychrenaclewe is 1¼m in 1558. Machracloif is 10s 4d in 1751 which is probably a mistake for 16s 4d or 1¼m. The name must be for machair + chlibhe. | ||
| Balivourich | (1¼m) | 1751 | This is probably the Bollevery of 1541. With Kerramore as 2½m in 1751. Bw(a)ll Vurich at 4 ‘Kerrowrand’ in 1642. Also ‘half pleuch’ of Bellawuriche in 1642. | ||
| Karremoir | 1¼m | 1545 | c. NR 3593? | Blaeu(Jura/Islay) | See below. |
| Kilbreid
& Maucherybeg |
2½m
(1/4 land) |
1541 | These two farms appear together as 2½m in 1541, 1610 & 1667. | ||
| Kilbride | c. NR 372934 | ||||
| Machrebeg | 1¼m
(1/8 land) |
1545 | c. NR 3692/3793 | Blaeu(Jura/Islay)
RHP 3079 |
Machriber(Blaeu). 1¼m 1545, 1558, 1642 & 1751.
East of Machry More in RHP 3079. |
| Machry More | c. NR 3592/3593 | RHP 3079 | West of Machry Beg in RHP 3079. | ||
| Milbuie | NR 3893 | RHP 3079 | |||
| Baleromindubh | 1¼m
(1/8 land) |
1545 | NR 3892 | RHP 3079 | 1¼m in 1545, 1558 & 1751. =Datremin(Blaeu)? |
| Balerominmore | 1¼m
(1/8 land) |
1545 | NR 3891 | RHP 3079 | 1¼m in 1545, 1558 & 1751. |
| Twa Ballerymyn | 2½m
(1/4 land) |
1541 | Both parts of Baleromin appear together as 2½m in 1541, 1610, 1642 & 1667. | ||
| Garvard | 1¼m
(1/8 land) |
1616 | NR 3691 | Blaeu(Jura/Islay)
RHP 3079 |
Gruart(Blaeu:Jura), Gruard(Blaeu:Islay). 1¼m in 1616, 1623, 1624, 1629, 1630, 1642, 1667, 1686 & 1751.
Ex Oronsay Priory. |
| Ardskenish | 2½m
(1/4 land) |
1541 | NR 3491 | Blaeu(Jura/Islay)
RHP 3079 |
Twa Arskynnis(1541). Two in 1610, 1642 & 1667. Apparently only one in 1545, 1558, 1751 & 1804. Ardskiach(Blaeu).
Only 1¼m in 1545 & 1558. |
| Balletow | 1¼m
(1/8 land) |
1545 | c. NR 3491 | I think this is the North part of Ardskenish. See below. | |
| Balleinima | 1¼m
(1/8 land) |
1545 | Only in RMS III (3085) of 1545 & RMS IV (1272) of 1558. Ballenina(1558). | ||
| Ballemoir | 1¼m
(1/8 land) |
1545 | Only in RMS III (3085) of 1545 & RMS IV (1272) of 1558. | ||
| Total Colonsay | 22½m | ||||
| Oronsay | 5m | 1616 | NR 3588 | Blaeu
RHP 3079 |
5m in 1624, 1629, 1630, 1667, 1686, 1751. £5 in 1625.
Laing Charters No 2845 lists the dependent isles. |
| Total Oronsay | 5m | ||||
| Total Colonsay and
Oronsay |
27½m |
Scalasaig
Half of Scalasaig was given to the officer in 1541. This was the fee to the local agent whose duties probably included collecting the rents. In Colonsay the officer received a 1/16th land – exactly the same as the officer in Cnoc Breac in Jura in the same year. In Morvern in 1541 (ER XVII p 645) the officer received a 20s land (Innermore) and in a Morvern rental of 1671 (HP I p 285 ff) there is reference to the officer’s ‘Lippennce’ (half-pennyland). In eighteenth-century rentals this person is often referred to as the ‘ground officer’ and he still retains a piece of ground as his fee.
Karremoir
Not repeated in RMS IV (1272) of 1558 when it is replaced by 1¼m Kilcattanemoir instead. However it recurs as 1¼m Keremore in AS II (693) of 1642. With Balivourich as 2½m in 1751. Blaeu marks it just S of Bahiaclyf and just N of Machriber.
Balletow
Balletow only appears in RMS III (3085) of 1545 & RMS IV (1272) of 1558 – when only half of Ardskenish is listed. In the first section of ABA FH 235, which is a rental of 1642, the two halves of Ardskenish are given as North and South. In the second section the following two names appear – Bellitebairdskeinis and Bellindeish. I think the first is an amalgam of Baile + tuath + Ardskenish (township + north + Ardskenish) whilst the second is a version of Baile + deas (township + south).
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