MHG25986 - Earlish

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Type and Period (1)

  • CROFTING TOWNSHIP (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NG36SE 16.02 centred on 389 612

A crofting township comprising seventy-four roofed, one partially roofed and seventeen unroofed buildings and their associated enclosures and field walls is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Island of Skye 1880, sheet x). The township is defined to the N and E by a head-dyke which separates it from South Cuil to the N. The boundary to the S is defined by Allt Yelkie.
Fifty-eight roofed, two partially roofed and twenty unroofed buildings, their associated enclosures and field walls and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 October 1996

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NG 3889 6120 (140m by 140m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NG36SE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish SNIZORT

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