Monument record 944 - PENMORE, NORTH UIST
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NF 72060 70410 (point) |
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Map sheet | NF77SW |
Island | North Uist |
Parish | NORTH UIST, Western Isles |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
NF77SW 17 7206 7041.
The settlement at Penmore (NF 72 70), ruins of which can still be traced, is mentioned in 1666 and, as Peighinn Mhoire, in 1694.
The date of its depopulation is unknown.
I A Crawford 1965; Reg Magni Sig Reg Scot 1984; A MacDonald and A MacDonald 1904.
Only the remains of the three buildings, not of great age, shown as roofed on the OS 6"map, can be seen at Penmore (NF 7206 7041). No other buildings were seen in the vicinity.
Visited by OS (J T T) 24 June 1965.
Robert Reid, 1799, Plan of the Island of North Uist (Cartographic materials). SWE41258.
A and A MacDonald and MacDonal, 1904, The Clan Donald, 372-3, 694-5 (Bibliographic reference). SWE10490.
I A Crawford, 1965a, Scot Stud, 36, table 1, No. 32, (Bibliographic reference). SWE2130.
Reg Magni Sig Reg Scot, 1984k, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland AD 1660-1668, Vol. 11 (Bibliographic reference). SWE11361.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SWE10490 Bibliographic reference: A and A MacDonald and MacDonal. 1904. The Clan Donald. 3. 372-3, 694-5.
- --- SWE11361 Bibliographic reference: Reg Magni Sig Reg Scot. 1984k. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland AD 1660-1668. Vol. 11.
- --- SWE2130 Bibliographic reference: I A Crawford. 1965a. Scot Stud. 9. 34-63. 36, table 1, No. 32,.
- --- SWE41258 Cartographic materials: Robert Reid. 1799. Plan of the Island of North Uist.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Mar 10 2023 4:26PM