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Oblique aerial view.
SC 1694260
Description Oblique aerial view.
Date 1989
Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography
Catalogue Number SC 1694260
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 18706
Scope and Content Clachan Battery and Pier from south, Raasay, Highland The island of Raasay lies off the east coast of Skye and was the property of the MacLeods of Raasay until 1843. Later owners used the land for sheep and deer farming. From 1912 until 1919 William Baird and Company worked the island's iron mines. Raasay was sold to the Scottish Board of Agriculture in 1922. This shows the early 19th century jetty to the south of Raasay House. The mound in the centre of the image is said to be the remains of a defensive battery built during the Napoleonic Wars. It is decorated with statues of mermaids originally designed for the porch of Raasay House. The path (top right) leads back to Raasay House. Samuel Johnson (1709-84) and James Boswell (1740-95), famous literary travellers, stayed at Raasay House in 1773. Dr Johnson, in his 'Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland' (1775) said of the house: 'Such a seat of Hospitality amidst the wind and waves fills the imagination with a delightful contrariety of images'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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