Recording Your Heritage Online
Event ID 564693
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Recording Your Heritage Online
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/564693
Boreraig and Suisinish Clearance villages on Loch Eishort's northern shore, with rich evidence of settlement and land use spanning centuries. Boreraig is particularly haunting, surviving almost as it was when cleared in 1852. According to Lord Macdonald's factor, the evictions were 'prompted by motives of benevolence, piety, and humanity … because they were too far from the church'.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk