[3] The Scottish travelling community maintain that the Heart was established as a monument to local tinkers who joined the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and weddings have been celebrated at the site since the mid-1800s.

[4] In 2008, Argyll and Bute council proposed a programme of restoration work for the Heart, however local citizens objected to the cost (£34,500) and undertook to care for the site themselves.

[9] Historic Scotland launched a programme of research including a public consultation in March 2015, aimed initially at the travelling community, and local area residents.

[10] The consultation differed from those usually undertaken in similar situations, in that it took account of the significance of the oral tradition to the community to which the monument was of importance.

[12] Of the new methodology used in the consultation, Historic Scotland Director of Heritage Management Barbara Cummins said she hoped it would "pave the way for how we undertake our work in future.”[13]