Hello Listers, My g grandfather was living at Gorteneorn in 1851, according to the census, where he was a "farmer of one acre." Although I have looked at maps of this area, they really do not give me any idea of what the topography is like. Would anyone have a photo or post card of the area that they would be willing to copy for me please? Or perhaps someone would be kind enough to give me a written description. I am also interested to know if any buildings remain there today, and what a typical croft/farm dwelling would have looked like. If anyone is able to help with my enquiries, would you please email to my address. Thanking you in anticipation. C J Stevens.

Robert, If you know what parish someone lived in, you can find out a bit about life there from either the Old Statistical Account (OSA) of around 1795, or from the New Statistical Account (NSA) of about 1840. You can access these free at the website http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/stat-acc-scot.asp If your own parish does not tell you all you want to know, read what has been said about adjacent parishes. Iain McKenzie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Stevens" <rastevens@westnet.com.au> To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 7:04 AM Subject: [ARGYLL] Gorteneorn > Hello Listers, > > My g grandfather was living at Gorteneorn in 1851, according to the census, where he was a "farmer of one acre." Although I have looked at maps of this area, they really do not give me any idea of what the topography is like. > > Would anyone have a photo or post card of the area that they would be willing to copy for me please? Or perhaps someone would be kind enough to give me a written description. I am also interested to know if any buildings remain there today, and what a typical croft/farm dwelling would have looked like. > > If anyone is able to help with my enquiries, would you please email to my address. > > Thanking you in anticipation. > C J Stevens. > > > ==== SCT-ARGYLL Mailing List ==== > ********************************************************************* > GenUKI Argyll home page http://www.roe.ac.uk/genuki/argyll/index.html > > >

Hullo CJ (Sorry, I don't have another name, as I assume you are not Robert) Could this be the same as Goirteaneorna in Skipness? If so, Angus Graham's book, "Skipness: Memories of a Highland Estate", describes it thus: "A small farm, not appearing in the early records and perhaps formed by Fraser* through the amalgamation of some neighbouring crofts shown as ruins on the OS map of 1867 - Auchanandunan, Eascahadhu, Bailean-cleirich. The tenants were named COOK." * Fraser acquired the estate in 1843 and was an enthusiastic "moderniser". His activities ensured that he died a hated man. From the old maps that I have copied it would appear to be close to the waterside (Kilbrannan Sound in the Firth of Clyde) on the road leading to the Castle. If so, it would have been backed by low and rolling hills, and have had fine views of the higher and more spectacular hills of Arran. Martyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Stevens" <rastevens@westnet.com.au> To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 7:04 AM Subject: [ARGYLL] Gorteneorn > Hello Listers, > > My g grandfather was living at Gorteneorn in 1851, according to the census, where he was a "farmer of one acre." Although I have looked at maps of this area, they really do not give me any idea of what the topography is like. > > Would anyone have a photo or post card of the area that they would be willing to copy for me please? Or perhaps someone would be kind enough to give me a written description. I am also interested to know if any buildings remain there today, and what a typical croft/farm dwelling would have looked like. > > If anyone is able to help with my enquiries, would you please email to my address. > > Thanking you in anticipation. > C J Stevens.