MHG4337 - Camas Pliasgaig, Rhum

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Type and Period (1)

  • SETTLEMENT (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

Incomplete, in open woodland on a spur with N aspect, with an altitude of 20-30m OD.
SMR card.

NG40SW 4 402 023.

The settlement of Camas Pliasgaig comprises the remains of seven buildings situated on a spur between two streams; an eighth building lies on the shore, 70m to the NE. The buildings vary in size from 3.2m by 1.8m to 9.3m by 3.7m internally. Around the settlement, particularly on the W, there are traces of rig-and-furrow cultivation.
It is probably one of the 'little hamlets' noted by Pennant in 1772 and appears on the maps of Langlands and Thomson.
Visited by RCAHMS May 1983.
T Pennant 1774; G Langlands 1801; J Thomson 1824; RCAHMS 1983

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NG 4023 0236 (175m by 101m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NG40SW
Civil Parish SMALL ISLES
Geographical Area LOCHABER

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