MHG18251 - Skye, Torrin
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Type and Period (3)
- CROFTING TOWNSHIP (Undated)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Undated)
- SCHOOL (Undated)
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- None recorded
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Full Description
Centred on 579 206
To the S side of the Allt Slapin at 15m OD is a ruinous croft house. The ruins consist of a two compartment house with square internal and external corners which measure 16m x 5.5m over walls 0.8m wide. A door opening 1.0m wide lies in the NE wall of each compartment.
Visited 1991.
NMRS MS/530
A crofting township comprising sixty-four roofed buildings, one of which is annotated as a school, two partially roofed buildings and eight unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xlvi). Also shown is a field-system (NG585 207).
Fifty-three roofed, one partially roofed and twenty-two unroofed buildings and the field-system are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 4 December 1996
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 5790 2060 (140m by 140m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG52SE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | STRATH |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/84390 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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