MHG5095 - Glenhaultin
Summary
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Type and Period (4)
- TOWNSHIP (Undated)
- ENCLOSURE (Undated)
- HEAD DYKE (Undated)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Centred on 443 515
(NG 433515) Glenhaultin: shown as a township in 1824 (W Johnson's Map of Skye, 1824) but deserted by 1878 (OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, Island of Skye, 1st ed.)
Glenhaultin: a depopulated township consisting of 21 ruined houses and some small enclosures. There are extensive lazy-beds in the area.
Visited by OS (A S P) 30 April 1961.
A township, a farmstead and a building are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xvii). The township comprises eighteen unroofed buildings, five enclosures, a sheepfold, a head-dyke and a field-system. The farmstead (NG 4420 5145) comprises two roofed buildings and an enclosure. Another roofed building (NG 4361 5137) is also shown.
On the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968) the township comprises one roofed and seventeen unroofed buildings, four enclosures, two sheepfolds, part of a head-dyke and a field-system. The farmstead comprises six unroofed buildings and an enclosure. The building is shown as unroofed.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 14 October 1996
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Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred NG 4429 5159 (1236m by 449m) (2 map features) |
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Map sheet | NG45SW |
Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
Civil Parish | SNIZORT |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/11323 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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