Duror
| Name | Value | Date | Grid Ref | Map Sources | Other forms, comments etc |
| Cuil | 6m | 1640 | NM 9755/9855 | Pont(12),
RHP 3484 |
With Glen Salachan as 7m(1538,1546-7,1571-2)
6m by itself(1640,1652,1653,1674) |
| Salachan | 1m | 1640 | NN 0051 | Pont(12) | 1m(1640,1652,1653,1674) |
| Ardsheal | 4m | 1619 | NM 9957 | Pont(12)
RHP 3484 |
With Lagnaha as 7m(1500-1,1515,1538,1546-7,1571-2)
4m by itself(1619,1660,1674), RHP 3484 shows 3 x Dal-names |
| Leitir Mhor | 2m | 1751 | NN0258 | Pont(12)
Morison(1772 & 1773) |
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| Lagnaha | 3m | 1660 | NN 0056 | Pont(12)
RHP 3484 |
Halved into 20s(=1½m) units
20s in GD170/32 1588-9. |
| Ballachulish | 3m | 1500-1 | NN 0459/0559 | RHP 3091
RHP 44128 |
|
| Auchindarroch | 5m | 1515 | NN 0055 | Morison(1772)
RHP 3484 |
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| Glen Duror | 2m | 1751 | NN 0153/0154 | Pont(12)
Morison(1772) RHP 3484 |
Langlands(1801) marks this up at the top of the glen on the N side. |
| Acharan | 3m | 1515 | NM 9954 | Pont(12)
RHP 3484 |
Auchycarne(1501 in OPS), Auchincarne(1515), Aucharn(1773). ½m only in GD170/32 1588-9, GD170/36 of 163(1)? & AS II (386) 1631. Langlands(1801) marks Achaharn on the S side of Glen Duror. |
| Achara | 3m | 1619 | NM 9954 | Pont(12)
Morison(1772) RHP 3484 Langlands(1801) |
Auchychare(1501 in OPS), Pendicle called Clachaig(AS II 977 of 1658). Coupled with Achvlair as 5m in early documents.
According to Morison(1772) it had no sheiling and RHP 3484 shows it as a small farm. 2m(1751) |
| Clachaig | 1658 | Pendicle of Achara(AS II 977) | |||
| Achvlair | 2m | 1637 | NM 9852 | Pont(12) | Coupled with Achara as 5m in early documents, Auchinblare(1501 in OPS), Achablair(1637) |
| Keil | 4m | 1651 | NM 971538 | Pont(12)
RHP 3484 Langlands(1801) |
Kilcholmkill(Pont), Kilcallumkill(1651), Keill(1773,1801) |
| Coultie | 1m | 1664 | c. NM 9652/9653 | Pont(12)
Langlands(1801) |
Pont(12) marks Whoultyr (settlement) & (River) Quhoultyr. Cailtie with Kilcallumkill in AS II (265) 1629, Coultie also with Killcolmkill as 5m in AVR(1751). Langlands marks it where Glen Salachan meets the sea – on the S side of the river. See also under Bealach and below table. |
| Bealach | 2m | 1664 | NM 9851 | Pont(12)
Langlands(1801) |
2m Balloch AS II (1174) 1664. Now S side Glen Salachan but Pont marks it on N side of river which is ‘Avon Quhoultyr’. See below. |
| Laroch | 2m | 1751 | NN 0758/0858 | Pont(12) | Since the river at Laroch is the boundary with Glencoe I am uncertain in which district these 2m should appear. |
| 37m |
Acharan and Achara
There are two farms in Duror, now Acharan and Achara, whose values are the same and whose names are so similar, that they can be easily confused. However in all the early documents the former ends with ‘n’ or ‘ne’ whilst the latter ends with an ‘r’ or ‘re’. Achara is the site of a large standing stone (Argyll II (110)).
Coultie and Bealach
The farms of Coultie (1m) and Bealach (2m) were originally held by Ardchattan Priory. ‘Ballach’ appears by itself in GD112/2/107 & GD112/3/5 of 1470 but I do not think this is the Bealach in Duror. The two farms appear together in GD112/2/110/1 1564 and then in RMS V (691) & RMS VI (1436) which refer to 1564, in AS II (1) 1617 and GD 112/2/93/1 of 1728. They are linked to Creagan (2m in Appin) – another Ardchattan property – in AS II (1371) 1667.
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