Archaeology Notes

Event ID 658833

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NG62SW 13 624 234.

"Near the Post Office at Broadford is Goir a' Bhlair, 'the field of battle', were one of the most decisive Norse Battles was fought."

M E M Donaldson 1923.

Goir a' Bhlair is a large tract of peat-moss extending from the vicinity of Broadford Post Office (NG 639236) to the foot of Beinn na Caillich (NG 612230); the battle referred to was a Clan battle involving the Mackinnons (Information from Captain Campbell, Broadford).

(It is perhaps not without significance that the remains of two chambered cairns fall within the area - NG62SW 2)

Visited by OS (C F W) 13 June 1961.