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MHG6633 - Allt Loch A' Chadha-Charnaich, Raasay

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NG54SE 20 5863 4006

(previous NGR NG 5874 4008)

NG 5874 4008: On sloping ground to the W of the burn at 60m OD, is a cluster of houses, enclosures and other structures: A: Enclosure 9m x 20m, using old house and stone dyke between outcrops to form bounds. B: House 11m x 4m, entrance on N-side. C: Irregular structure 5.5m by 4m. D: House ? 9m x 5m, walls 1.5m wide. E: House ? 7m x 3m. F: House ? 6.5m x 3m. An area of rig cultivation lies immediately to the NW of the settlement.(Grid reference quoted falls below sea level).
Visited by D Topen, 26 March 1991.
R Miket et al 1991; NMRS MS/530

What may be a township comprising two unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1879, sheet xxxi). Two unroofed buildings and what may be an incomplete enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1988).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 31 October 1996

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Grid reference	Centred NG 5862 4006 (160m by 160m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG54SE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	PORTREE

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