| Name | Value | Date | Grid Ref | Map Sources | Other forms, comments etc |
| Proaig | 1¼m1/8 land
6 vaccatas |
15411722
1506 |
NR 4557 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | Progaig(1506), Broag(1507). Rent in 1507 & 1509 was 20s (1½m). From 1541 its value was only 16s 8d. Since 1 vaccata = 3s 4d did it lose one? (5 vaccatas = 16s 8d, 6 = 20s) |
| Ardtalla | 2½m1/4 land | 15411722 | NR 4654 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | Ardtalloch(1541), Ardhallowane(1545), Ard Hallom(Blaeu), Ardtallo(1686). With Surnaig in 1751. |
| Claggain | 1¼m1/8 land | 15411722 | NR 459534 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A
OS(1878) |
Laggenach(Blaeu), Clagenoch(1541), Clagintarroch(1545), Clagincarrach(1686). With Trudernis in 1686. Clagin(Add 11803A). Now Claggain River & Bay |
| Trudernish | 1¼m1/8 land | 15451722 | NR 4652 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | Truddirnes(1545). Mistakenly given as 2½m in 1541 & 1614? |
| Creagfinn | ⅝m(1/16 land) | 1541 | NR 4552 | Craggin(1541), Cragfyne(1545). Given as 16s 8d or 1/8 land from 1722 but I think this included Ballindeor as in 1686. | |
| Ballindeor | (⅝m)(1/16 land) | NR 4552 | OS (1878) | Only mentioned in 1686. Probably = Ballore of OS Sheet CCXX of 1878. | |
| Kintour | 2½m1/4 land | 1541 | NR 4551 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A
Smith(1848) |
Kentoure seems to have been an estate centre in 1499, 1507, 1509 & 1528-9 when it is given as a 10m land. Presumably this was the name of the davoch. Aros is named with it from 1686. See below. |
| Staoin | ⅝m1/16 land | 17221722 | NR 440523 | OS (1878) | Treated as a separate farm by 1722. Formerly part of Kentoure. |
| Aros | NR 4651 | Aroes(1686). Probably treated as part of Kintour in earlier times. | |||
| Ardmeinach | 1¼m1/8 land | 15411722 | NR 465511 | Add 11803AOS (1878) | With Hardmoir/Ardmoir as 2½m in 1545 & 1558. |
| Ardmore | 1¼m1/8 land | 15411722 | NR 4650 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | With Ardmanoch/Ardmannoch as 2½m in 1545 & 1558. |
| Larg | 20m | 1499 | A 20m estate called Larg is mentioned in 1499, 1507 & 1509. See below. | ||
| Kildalton | ⅝m(1/16 land) | 1614 | NR 4550 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | Kildaltane appears as 16s 8d or 1/8 land from 1722 but I think this included Tallalan as in 1686. |
| Tallant | ⅝m(1/16 land) | 1541 | NR 4550 | Talderant(1541), Tallaland(1545). With Kildaltan in 1686 and probably included with it thereafter. | |
| Ardilistry | NR 4448/4449 | Add 11803A | = Ardalefyne?. In AS II (1044) of 1662 Ardalefyne’s place in the list of lands is taken by ‘Ardelistie’. | ||
| Cnoc Rhaonastil | 5m | 1539 | NR 4348 | Add 11803A | This, along with Ardarrarycht, Ardalefyne & Argarey, made a 5m unit which is mentioned in 1539, 1542 and numerous subsequent documents. = Knockrynsay (F-M: Last Macdonalds of Isla pp 59-60). |
| Ardarrarycht | = Ardimersay? In AS II (1044) of 1662 Ardarrarycht’s place in the list of lands is taken by ‘Ardmursay’. | ||||
| Ardalefyne | = Ardilistry? See above. | ||||
| Argarey | In almost all documents this lacks a ‘d’ suggesting the first element is Ari- (airigh or sheiling). In AS II (1044) of 1662 it is given as Arrizerrary and in the 1686 rental it is Arrizearne. The earliest record I can find for Airigh nam Beist is 1724 so this is possibly it. | ||||
| Airigh nam Beist | 1/8 land | 1733 | NR 4147 | Add 11803A | In 1724 (Day Book of D Campbell pp 4-6) it is linked with Lergibreck as a ‘Leorhas’ land. In 1686 it is with Drumchurran. |
| Drumcurrane | ⅝m(1/16 land) | 1541 | NR 4147 | With Airigh nam Beist in 1686. | |
| Ardimersay | 1/4 land | 1724 | NR 4346/4347 | Add 11803A | With Arinabeise (Airigh nam Beist) as 1/4 land in 1722. See above under Ardarrarycht. 1/8 land (by itself?) in 1733 & 1741. Linked with Solam in 1722? See below. |
| Solam | 1m | 1724 | c. NR 3948 | Add 11803A | 1m(1724, 1733, 1741). 4 keyland in 1722 which should be equal to 1m but is given as 1¼m. |
| Ardbeg | 12s | 1751 | NR 4146 | Add 11803A | Only appears in AVR(1751). |
| Dunyvaig | 2½m | 1541 | NR 4045 | Blaeu(Ila) | 2½m(1614), 5m(1545, 1558) – presumably including something else. With Keanchyllan in 1686. 1½m (each) Upper & Nether Dunuvig in 1733 & 1741. 20s Nether Dunivaig alias Lagavulline in 1769. |
| Kilcallumkill | 1¼m1/8 land | 15581733 | NR 4046 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | Not to be confused with other two Kilcallumkills in Islay. OPS II, I p 270 adds it for 1545 although it is not in printed RMS III (3085). 1722 rental gives it as a 3/16 land. With Largebrak as 2½m in 1541 & 1614. |
| Lergiebreck | (1¼m)1/8 land | 1686 | Largybrecht(1733). <> Machaire Learga Riabhoige because both given in 1686. See above under Airigh nam Beist & Callumkill. | ||
| Ballenaughton | 5m(1/2 land) | 1545 | Blaeu(Ila) | ‘Duobus’ (two) Ballenauchtane(1545, 1558). Baile Neaghtoin in 1408 may actually be Kilnaughton (Lamont p 177). | |
| Ballynaughton More | 2½m | 1541 | NR 3946 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | = Wester. Only 1/8 or 16s 8d from 1686. |
| Ballynaughton Beag | 2½m | 1541 | NR 394468 | Add 11803AOS(1878) | = Easter. Only 1/8 or 16s 8d from 1686. |
| Texa | ⅝m(1/16 land) | 17221722 | NR 3943 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | Only 8s in 1541, 1614 & 1627 but this is probably just a mistake for 8s 4d. Teggsay(Monro – 1549). Ilantasseyn(1541). See below. |
| Kilbride | 1⅞m(3/16 land) | 1541 | NR 3846 | Smith(1848) | See below. |
| Balleneill | 2½m1/4 land | 15411686 | NR 3644/3744NR 3645/3745 | Blaeu(Ila)Smith(1848) | With 1 cowland Arvolham in 1733.With Torrasdull (Torradale) as 5m in 1545 & 1558. |
| Brahunisary | (⅝m)(1/16 land) | 1541 | NR 3746 | With Tydrum as 1¼m in 1541, 1614, 1627. Probably included in Tayndrome in 1722. | |
| Tighandrom | (⅝m)(1/16 land) | 1545 | NR 3746 | Smith(1848) | 8s 8d in 1545 which is probably a mistake for 8s 4d. |
| Surnaig | (⅝m)(1/16 land) | 1733 | NR 401454 | Add 11803AOS(1878) | 1/16 land with Barr & Cragnagore in 1733 & 1741.Surneg had licence of brewing in 1686. |
| Barr | c. NR 401453? | With Surnaig & Cragnagore in 1733 & 1741. Not the Barr in Kilarrow parish which is mentioned separately in the 1733 rental. Argyll V No 130 is a fort at Barr an t-Seann Duine (NR 401453). | |||
| Craignagore | With Barr & Surnaig in 1733 & 1741. There is a Maol nan Gobhar in NR 4358 at what must have been the northern boundary of Kildalton but I do not know if this is relevant. | ||||
| Ardenistle | ¾m | 1733 | NR 391451 | Add 11803AOS(1878) | 3 keylands in 1722. With Torradill in 1751. |
| Torradale | 2½m1/4 land | 15411722 | NR 3846 | Smith(1848) | With Balleneyle (Balleneill) as 5m in 1545 & 1558. |
| Tighcargaman | 2½m1/4 land | 15451686 | NR 362459 | Smith(1848)OS(1878) | 5m with Glenegadill in 1499, 1507, 1509 & 1528-9. Tycarmakan(1499), Carmagane(1507, 1509), Tetarmaken(1528-9), Taycarmaygane(1545), Tycarmagan(1686). |
| Leorin | 2½m1/4 land | 15451722 | NR 3548 | ‘Duobus Lennyne'(1545) probably = two Leorins | |
| Nether Leorin | 1¼m1/8 land | 17221722 | NR 3548 | Add 11803A | The only early references I have to Leorin are the 1545 & 1558 valuations of ‘duobus Lennyne’ as 2½m. |
| Upper Leorin | 1¼m1/8 land | 17221722 | NR 3549/3649 | Add 11803A | |
| Ialach Torr | ½m | 1541 | NR 3446 | Iletor(1541, 1614) | |
| Ballivicar | 1⅞m3/16 land | 17221722 | NR 3446 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | Baile Vicar(1408). Ballaviccar in 1686 was with Illatour, Ballafersoun & Branabollis. By itself it may only have been worth 8s 4d. |
| Branabols | ¾m | 1541 | NR 338473 | 10s or ¾m in 1614 & 1627. Cnocan Bhrannabuis is at NR 338473. | |
| Kilnaughton | 1⅞m1/8 land | 15071722 | NR 344452 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A
OS(1878) |
Kilnachtan, Baleferssoun & Ballevicar are together 1⅞m in 1614. See below. |
| Balepherson | Blaeu(Ila) | ||||
| Oa | 1499 | E(1499), Oo(1507, 1509). A 20m estate in Oa is referred to in 1499, 1507 & 1509 but does not seem to have included all of Oa. | |||
| Cornabus | ¾m | 1541 | NR 3346 | Cornubus(1408), ¾m(1614). With Kilnachtan as 1½m or 6 cowlands in 1733 & 1741 | |
| Lurabus | 2½m1/4 land | 15411686 | NR 3343 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | |
| Coillabus | 1/16 land | 1741 | NR 320438 | OS(1878) | Koilibolls(1741) |
| Risabus | NR 3143 | A Norse bolstadr farm for which I have no valuation. | |||
| Asabus | 1/16 land | 1741 | NR 3042 | Assibolls(1741). There is a Port Asabuis in NR 3141 and, in 1878, there was a Ton Asabuis immediately E of the Port. | |
| Ballychatrigan | 2½m1/4 land | 15411686 | NR 3241 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | 2½m(1562-4, 1583-4, 1614, 1722). |
| Stremnishmore | 2½m1/4 land | 15071722 | NR 3140 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | 2½m(1509, 1541, 1545, 1558, 1614, 1722, 1733). |
| Stremnishbeg | 1¼m1/8 land | 15411722 | NR 306407 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A
OS(1878) |
1¼m(1562-4, 1583-4, 1614, 1722). 1m or 4 cowlands(1733). |
| Killeyan | 3⅛m?5/16 land | 15411722 | NR 280434 | Add 11803A | Listed as 41s 4d (or 3m 16d) in 1541, 1562-4, 1583-4, 1614. I suspect this is a mistake for 41s 8d (3⅛m) which is value in 1722. Upper = NR 2841. Lower = NR 2743 |
| Giol | 1⅞m3/16 land | 15411722 | NR 2843 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | Gill(1541), Geill(1686). Lower Giol is at NR 280445 in OS(1878).With Glenawstill (Lower?) as 2½m in 1562-4, 1583-4. |
| Glenastle | 1¾m | 1541 | NR 3044 | Add 11803A | The 2 Gleannastol(1408). Lower = NR 2845.Upper = 1m(1541, 1614), Lower = ¾m(1541, 1614) |
| Kinnabus | ⅝m?1/16 land | 17511741 | NR 2942 | 8s (a mistake for 8s 4d?) in 1751. Kinibolls(1741). | |
| CragabusUpper &
Lower |
2½m1/4 land | 15411686 | NR 3244
NR 3245/3345 |
Add 11803A | Cracobus(1408). Cragapols/Cragapolis(1541). Only half or ⅛ appears in 1562-4, 1583-4 & 1627. Over & Nather in 1686, Upper & Lower now. 6 horsegangs 1733. |
| Tockmal | ⅝m(1/16 land) | 15411722 | NR 3047 | Add 11803A | Tocamol(1408).With Tornobelsay(Cornabus?) as 1¼m in 1562-4 & 1583-4. |
| Grasdale | 1¼m(1/8 land) | 1562 | NR 2947/3047 | Add 11803A | Grastol(1408), Grawstill(1541). Did the 3/16 of 1733 include 1/16 Ugistok? – So Grasdale properly ⅛m?With Kintra as 2½m in 1541 & 1614 or as 41s 8d in 1722. |
| Kintra | 1¼m1/8 land | 15621733 | NR 3248 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | Ciontragha(1408) |
| Uikiscaig | ⅝m(1/16 land) | 1562 | NR 315464 | OS(1878) | Ugasgog(1408), Begasgok(1562, 1564), Ugasgok(1562-3),Wgistok(1686) |
| Inverloskyn | 2½m(1/4 land) | 1507 | ? NR 3248 | Tua(Two) Inverloskyn(1507), Due Innerloskin(1509) were church (bishopric – not Iona) lands. Only one appears in 1617, 1623 & 1636 as 1¼m but then disappears. I suspect they lay on either side of the mouth of what is now the Kintra River in NR 3248. | |
| (Machaire)Learga Riabhoige(1408)Lagrivug(1617)
Macharies(1722) |
1¼m | 1617 | c. NR 3250 | Add 11803A(Macharie) | Belonged to the bishopric rather than Iona in 1617. Probably counted as one of the two Inverloskyns in 1507. (Lagrevog is with Inverloskane as 9 cowlands(2¼m) in 1686). Macharies is 2½m or a quarterland in 1722 and probably replaced the old farms of Inverloskyn and Lagrivug. |
| Arivolchallum | (¼m) | 1733 | NR 345498 | Add 11803AOS(1878) | =Airigh Bhaile-chaluim.Arvolhalm was 1 cowland in 1733 rental. |
| Glenegedale | 2½m1/4 land | 15411686 | NR 3351 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | 5m with Tighcargaman in 1499, 1507, 1509 & 1528-9. |
| ? parish of Kilcallumkill | Except Kilcallumkill (which does not appear), and Stranabodauch, the following farms (with values in bold) are listed as part of Killarow in Day-Book of Daniel Campbell p 65 (c. 1750) – possible ounceland? | ||||
| Duich | 2½m1/4 land | 15411722 | NR 3154/3254 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | With Kilcallumkill in 1507 & 1509. Dowauch(1541), Duach (1722). With Garbolse (Kilarrow) as ¼ land in 1542 & 1617. |
| Stranabodauch | 1/16 land | 1741 | Strathnaboddach with Laggan, Duich etc in 1780.There is an Allt a’ Bhodaich in NR 3859. | ||
| Torra | ½m | 1541 | NR 3454 | Marked but not named in Add 11803A. | |
| Laggan | 2½m | 1507 | NR 2855 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | With Torra in 1722, 1733, 1741 & 1751. With Keilchalumkeill & Torra in 1686. |
| Kilcallumkill | 1¼m | 1541 | c. NR 2955 | With Dowoch as 41s 4d (correctly 41s 8d or 3⅛m?) in 1507 but only 2½m in 1509. | |
| Island | 1¼m1/8 land | 15621686 | NR 3056 | Add 11803A | =Eilean na Muice Duibhe (NR 3255). Alane-Mackindow(1494), Ellenmowikduffe(1562 & 1564). With Corrary as 2½m in 1507, 1509, 1541 & 1614 |
| Corrary | 1¼m1/8 land | 15621722 | NR 3157 | Blaeu(Ila)Add 11803A | Correrere(1494), Karray(1562). |
| Curlach | (⅝m)(1/16 land) | 15621722 | NR 3256 | Add 11803A | Curloch(1494). With Correvar(Corrary) as 1/4 (2½m) land in 1528-9 although combined total should be 1⅞m. Combined total is 24s (read 25s or 1⅞m) in 1778. |
| Total Kilcalumkill(?) parish | 9⅞m | Compare with brieve’s holding in 1541. | |||
| Total (m) | 85¼m |
Kintour
Kentoure seems to have been split in two by 1722. Aros & Kentur (the seaward section) were 1⅞m while Staoin (the inland section) was ⅝m. This division may be much older. The 1848 map in Smith is misleading in that Kintour was actually bigger than Staoin (Day Book of Daniel Campbell p 64).
Larg/Largie
This (2 davach?) estate would have included 8 quarterlands but I cannot be sure exactly which. Largie then becomes the general name for this district of Islay. (Pont in Macfarlane’s Geographical Collections II p 188 says Dunyvaig Castle lies on the east side of the Largie). The element survives in two place-names. Largiebreck is on record from 1541 and was linked with Kilcallumkill in 1541 and 1614 but also with Airigh nam Beist in 1724. Machaire Leargariabhoige is mentioned in 1408. There is also a unit of 60m in Yla mentioned in 1499 which becomes 60m ‘in Large de Iley’ in ER XV pp 675-6 of 1528-9.
Ardimersay
In Smith’s map (1848) but not in Add 11803A, the farm of Ardimersay is divided and the top half reads Leekkarmokoly or Leekkannokoly. Langlands (1801) gives Lukanoly. Since I can find no valuation for this I have omitted it from the map.
Texa
In 1507 the description runs ‘Insula de Ilantassane nostre Domine tam in Iley quam in eadem insula’ and the rent is 41s 8d or 3⅛m. The farm included 2½m in Islay itself as well as the ⅝m of Texa itself which was dedicated to Our Lady (Virgin Mary). In 1509 it is called Insula Sancte Marie. Texa’s mainland possessions are listed in the 1541 tack and rental (ER XVII p 634). They were (half) Cragabus in Oa (1¼m) and the Two Kilbrides(1¼m).
Kilbride
In 1541 the 2 Kilbredis are given as 1¼m and there is another entry for Kilbride Ovir at 8s 4d – a total of 1⅞m. This is repeated in 1614 & 1627. In 1722 it is back to 1¼m but in 1733, 1741 & 1751 it is 1½m.
Kilnachtan, Baleferssoun & Ballevicar
The names mean: the church of Nachtan, the township of the parson and the township of the vicar, so it may be that they all refer to parts of the same church farm of 1⅞m which was subdivided into three separately-named holdings of ⅝m. However by 1722 their combined values were 41s 8d (3⅛m) or 5/16 so I think by then they had accrued Ialach Torr and Branabols which together made the extra 1¼m.
Glenastle
Ochterach(Upper) =1m, Etrach(Lower) = ¾m in 1541 & 1614. Upper = ⅝m in 1562-4 & 1583-4 -but the total for Glenastle during these years does not tally with other data. Upper = 4 cowlands, Lower = 3 cowlands in 1722. Lower = NR 2845.
Sruthan na Dabhaich
OS 6″ 1st Series Sheet CCXXI (1878) at NR 4654. Is this burn a davach boundary?
Tobar na Dabhaich
OS 6″ 1st Series Sheet CCXXXII (1878) at NR 4047.
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