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Details: Corvus; 12 January 2024

Went back up on a nicer day, with the drone.There has been further work done, extending the road and working on the land itself, including a new deer fence

Details: Corvus; 12 January 2024

Saturday 2nd March, much nicer day.Again there has been further progress, extending the road and working on the land itself, including a new deer fence. Lots of pits and mounds for new trees

Details: Corvus; 17 September 2023

Forestry above Rhu Forestry are preparing to plant trees above Rhu. We know there are a number of features that need another look and to look for unrecorded features. The signs of activity are quarrying for Limestone, lime kilns for procucing the lime. This is our adventure on a rainy, windy day

Details: Corvus; 17 September 2023

Knockderry Castle is currently undergoing a major renovation. The society has been asked to go and look about with a view to look over the land, metal detect and maybe dig in order to record part of the castles history

Details: Corvus; 12 September 2023

Upper Torwood This is just the authors name, it comes becuse it is just above Upper Torwood road in Rhu and is only recorded as part of the author walking the land.

Details: Corvus; 18 April 2023

Peaton Woods Our interest is the sea cliffs and in particular a cave. There is also the old road from Coulport Ferry that would take you to Roseath Castle and the remains of an old bridge.

Details: Corvus; 18 January 2023

Mains(ruins) Appears to be some sort of homestead farm, or at least the ruins of one, situated above the track that runs behind the Hill house.

Details: jim; 27 October 2022

Ronachan The name means 'place of the seals' so called because for 1000 years or more seals have gathered on the rocks to fish.

Details: Corvus; 27 September 2022

Alasdair and myself went to look at a a feature up behind Camus Eskan.

It looked more like a promentary with a sea cliff.

If this is correct it would also, perhaps, suggest a bay on the west side

Details: Corvus; 25 September 2022

Today was a society revisit to to Millbrae cottages. the aim was to have a look for a previous building on or around the site. Finds included clay marbles, pottery and an old penknife.

Details: recorder; 20 August 2022

The second vist of the day was to Keil Knap Chapel. it is situated on the western coast of Knapdale, the medieval chapel of Kilmory lies about 4km south of Castle Sween and stands within a walled graveyard that overlooks the Sound of Jura. The chapel stands within the Township of Ardnaw.