Kilbrandon and Kilchattan

Kilbrandon and Kilchattan

 

Name	Value	Date	Grid Ref	Map Sources	Other forms, comments etc
Kilchattan parish
Luing	42m	1503			46m(1662)
Aird Luing	8m	1630	NM 7406	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 975/1	8m(1662, 1736, 1751, 1796)
Kilchattan	6m	1629	NM 7408	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 975/1	6m(1662, 1751, 1796)
Ardlarach	8m 2d	1661 1390	NM 7308/7309	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 975/1	Over (or Upper) & Nether from 1661. ‘Oc’ and ‘Yc’ in Blaeu.
Leccabuy	4m	1619	NM 747097	RHP 975/1 Langlands(1801) OS(1871-8)	Leckinboy(1619) 4m(1662, 1796), 5m(1751)
Leccamore	4m	1619	NM 7510	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 975/1	4m(1662), 3m(1751, 1796)
Ardinamir	4m	1661	NM 7511/7512	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 975/1	4m(1662, 1751, 1796)
Bardrishaig	4m	1662	NM 7412	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 975/1	Ardrysack(Blaeu), 4m Pardinshoch(APS VII p 342 of 1661)? 4m(1751, 1796)
Ballechuan	4m	1662	NM 745132	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 975/1 Langlands(1801) OS(1871-8)	4m(1751), 3m(1796)
Pennychastill in Loyng	1d	1669			Sole reference is HP IV p 224
Total	(42m)
Shuna	7½m	1614	NM 7608	Blaeu(Lorn)	7m in Argyll Retours (101) of 1503 but this is probably a mistake since all other references are to £5 or 7½m. Only 6m in 1751. Possibly 8m (or 2d?) – see below.
Torsa	4m	1503	NM 7512/7612	Blaeu(Lorn)	4m(1662, 1685, 1751, 1796). Thorisay appears in addition to 46m Loyng in Argyll Retours (66) of 1662.
Parish of Kilbrandon
Seil
Ballachuan	4m	1607	NM 7514	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 975/1
Kilbrandon	4m	1564	NM 763167	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 975/1 OS(1871)	4m(1575).
Kilbride	4m	1570	NM 7516	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 975/1	4m(1623, 1655, 1751), 6m (1621, 1643, c. 1647, 1796). See below.
Balvicar	4m	1796	NM 7615/7616	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 975/1 Langlands(1801)	Sole valuation in 1796
Dunmor	4m	1627	NM 7417/7517	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 975/1
Oban	4m	1570	NM 7718	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 975/1
Cairnban	4m	1621	NM 7518	Blaeu(Lorn)	Divided into 2 halves of 2m each from at least 1502. 2½m in GD112/2/9/27 of 1685. 2m was usually with Camuslaich, Ardincaple and Inchbane as a 10m estate.
Ardincaple	4m	1502	NM 7619	RHP 975/1	With island called Inchbane(1664).
Insh Island			NM 7219/7319	Blaeu(Lorn)? OS(1871)	Blaeu marks Ransa (Ramsa? = ram’s island?) just W of the N end of Seil. It appears as Eilean nan Caorach (Sheep Island) in OS(1871). Was this the same as Inchbane (Innis ban = white island) of 1622 and 1664 – and so part of Ardincaple?
Camuslaich	4m	1502	NM 7718/7719	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 975/1	Often with Ardincaple and 2m Cairnban as part of 10m estate.
Caolvin	(1d)?		NM 762186	OS(1871)	Now lost to the map this place-name possibly includes peighinn or penny as second element (cf Coalfin by Skipness, Kintyre).
Total	32m
Mainland Kilbrandon
Kilchoan	6m 3d	1630 1630	NM 7913	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 964/4	6m(1630, 1643, 1644, 1669),4m(1751) See below.
Degnish	12m 22m	1596-7 1451	NM 7812	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 964/4 RHP 975/1 RHP 720	See also RMS I App 2 Index A No 363 and RRS V (27) 1313. See below.
Caddleton	4m	1628	NM 7816	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 964/4 RHP 975/1 RHP 720
Ardmaddy	8m	c. 1647	NM 7816	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 964/4 RHP 975/1 RHP 720	APS VII p 339 gives Ardmadie as 8m, p 342 as 4m. It seems to have included other properties and Ardmadie itself may only have been 4m. 4m  1796
‘Achichicheych’ ‘Awchtyheych’	2m 1d	1470 1541			Part of Ardmadie according to GD 112/2/116/11 of 1571. 1m Auchtyhyt in GD 112/2/116/1 (1540-1). 1d Auchtigtyheich(1630). See below.
‘Campine’	4m	1796	c. NM 7816/7916	RHP 964/4 RHP 720	6m with Ardmadd in 1751.
Barnayarry	6m	1470	NM 792180	Blaeu(Lorn) RHP 964/4 RHP 720 OS(1871)	5m(1685) 4m(1796)
Ardshellach	2m	1796	NM 7818	RHP 720
Total	38m/4d
Total for parish	123½m

 

 

Shuna

After describing Lismore, Skene’s source refers to two islands called ‘Hwnayis’ (Celtic Scotland, Vol III, Appendix III p 436). I think these are the two islands called Shuna – one here and one by Appin. This Shuna is described as belonging to a kinsman of McCoule (MacDougall) of Lorn and ‘is 8 merk land’.

 

Torsa

RRS V (27) 1313 is a grant of various lands in Kilbrandon and Kilninver parishes. This includes ‘Toresay’ which is likely to be Torsa. See also RMS I App 2 Index A No 363 & Index B No 10.

 

Kilbride, Seil

OPS II, II p 825 (quoting RSS Vol LXII f 15 of 1591) gives the boundaries of Kilbride-beg in great detail. References to the cemetery and church are perhaps to Kilbride rather than Kilbrandon. There are now no visible remains of this church. The cemetery was ploughed up before 1852 (OPS II, II p 826).

 

Kilchoan

AS II (316) of 1630 refers to 6m Kilchoan consisting of 1d Barchalleg, 1d Garrowrone, 1d Glenchallach plus Illanculter. In AS I (276) of 1644 these read 1d Barchalley, 1d Garrowron, 1d Glenchalloch plus half Illanculter. In AS II (1469) of 1669 they read 1d Barshellag, 1d Garrowron and 1d Glenshellach plus Ilanculter. (Ilanculter is Eilean Coltair in NM 8012). On this basis we should be inclined to think 1d=2m. I cannot identify any of the three components of Kilchoan so presume these place-names have been lost.

 

Degnish

Degnish is sometimes described as 22m which seems to have included 12m Degnish proper plus 6m Kilchoan and 4m Cadiltoun. We have several references to the 12m Degnish(1596-7, 1618, 1620, 1621, 1637, 1685) but only as 8m in 1751 and 1796. It looks as if 4m has been lost from the Degnish valuation which was not taken up within the valuations of Kilchoan or Caddleton. See also RMS I App 2 Index A No 363.

 

Achichicheych

Below the Kilninver table I have discussed a 1338 charter which deals with 6 farms in Lorn. Four of these are in Kilninver but 1d ‘Hachychnacelache’ and ½d ‘Cragnamoychenache’ may be in Kilbrandon. I do not know where the latter is and ‘Hachychnacelache’ is difficult to locate precisely. There was an Achnanclach in Seil at NM 782186 but I doubt this is the one referred to here. There was also a property – part of Ardmaddy in 1571 – called variously:

 

Auchichiheych, 2m, 1470

Achichicheych, 2m, 1470

Achitichine, 2m, 1470

Auchtyhyt, 1m, 1540-1

Awchtyheych, 1d, 1541

Auchdaheycht, 2m, 1571

Auchtigtyheich, 1d, 1630

 

This may or may not be the same as Auchinaclosh (RRS V No. 27, 1313) or Auchinacloch (OPS II, I, 106) which is listed by Auchnasaul (NM 7919). A ‘Crech a cloich’ is marked SE of Ardshellach (NM 7818) in RHP 720 and there is also a Barrnacoilich at NM 7916. It is difficult to be sure which of these various names match to which farms on the ground.