Eigg, Cleadale
Croft(S) (19th Century), Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Township (Post Medieval)
Site Name Eigg, Cleadale
Classification Croft(S) (19th Century), Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Township (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Isle Of Eigg, Cleadale Township
Canmore ID 106157
Site Number NM48NE 31
NGR NM 477 888
NGR Description Centred on NM 477 888
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Elevated view from SSE
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5/8/1999
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Elevated view of Cleadale township
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5/8/1999
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General view towards Howlin from WNW
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General view from NE
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5/8/1999
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SC 1865033
Oblique aerial view of Cleadale, Isle of Eigg, looking N.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1994
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Elevated view from SE
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Elevated view from SSE
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Elevated view of Cleadale township
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Elevated view from SE
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View of township from NNE
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View towards Howlin from WNW
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5/8/1999
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SC 743149
General view of Cleadale houses, Eigg
Papers of Erskine Beveridge, antiquarian, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
25/9/1883
© Courtesy of HES (Erskine Beveridge Collection)
SC 875772
Oblique aerial view of the crofting township and field-system with farmstead adjacent taken from the WSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
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General view from NE
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Eigg, Cleadale and Howlin, townships. General view of Cleadale and Howlin from E.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
2001
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Eigg, Cleadale. General view of Cleadale from S.
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4/2002
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Eigg, Cleadale and Howlin, Field Systems and Croft Boundaries. General view of Townships
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2002
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Oblique aerial view of the crofting township and field-system, taken from the ENE.
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Oblique aerial view of the crofting township and field-system with farmstead adjacent taken from the NE.
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SC 1699315
General oblique aerial view centred on the Bay of Laig with the crofting township beyond and the remains of the fort adjacent, taken from the W.
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SC 1699342
General oblique aerial view of Cleadale and the north end of Eigg, taken from the S.
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SC 1699491
General oblique aerial view looking across Laig Bay, with the fort in the foreground, towards Cleadale and the north side of Eigg, taken from the W.
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View of specimen croft from NW
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View of township from NNE
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General view from NE
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General view from ESE
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SC 743161
Eigg, Cleadale General view of farms, and looking towards Laig Bay
Papers of Erskine Beveridge, antiquarian, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
c. 1890
© Courtesy of HES (Erskine Beveridge Collection)
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Eigg, Cleadale, Township. View of croft boundaries at N end of Cleadale township from W.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
2001
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SC 771503
View of croft boundaries and earlier field-system from cliffs to N of Cleadale, Eigg.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2001
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Oblique aerial view of the crofting township and field-system with farmstead adjacent taken from the NE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
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General view of Cleadale houses
Papers of Erskine Beveridge, antiquarian, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
25/9/1883
© Courtesy of HES (Erskine Beveridge Collection)
SC 1113300
General view of Cleadale in the distance, with A'Chuagach in the foreground
1913
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DP 050866
View of the only inhabited thatched house on Eigg
Photographs by Violet Banks, professional photographer, Edinburgh, Scotland
1920
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SC 1551744
Eigg, Cleadale. General view from S.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
2001
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SC 1551823
Eigg, Cleadale, Township and Field system. General view from NE.
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2001
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SC 1574449
Copy of a historic photographic view of Cleadale township from the Banff Album.
General Collection. Photograph Albums.
7/1913
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Oblique aerial view centred on the church, crofting township and field-system, taken from the SW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
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DP 302499
General view SW over Cleadale towards Laig bay.
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/7/2019
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Elevated view from SE
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Elevated view from SE
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View of township from NNE
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General view towards Howlin from WNW
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Distant view from S
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General view from NNE
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View of specimen croft from NW
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SC 1551754
Eigg, Cleadale. General view of Cleadale to Laig from NE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
2002
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SC 1699314
Oblique aerial view of the crofting township and field-system, taken from the WNW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
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DP 390948
Violet Banks Photograph Album - The Small Isles - Page 9 - Eigg; St. Donan's Chapel; The "Singing Sands"
Photographs by Violet Banks, professional photographer, Edinburgh, Scotland
c. 1920
© Courtesy of HES (Violet Banks Collection)
SC 2563741
Copy of a historic photographic view of Cleadale township, from the Banff Album.
General Collection. Photograph Albums.
7/1913
© RCAHMS
SC 2563796
Elevated view from SE
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Distant view from S
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General view from NE
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General view from ESE
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Oblique aerial view of the crofting township and field-system, taken from the ENE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
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SC 1398956
Elevated view from SE
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View of township from NNE
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5/8/1999
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Eigg, Cleadale, township. View of field boundaries from W.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
2001
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Eigg, Cleadale. township. View of field boundaries from N.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
4/2001
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Eigg, Cleadale, Township. General view of Cleadale from SE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
2002
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SC 1699333
General oblique aerial view looking across Laig Bay towards Cleadale and the north side of Eigg, taken from the SW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
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SC 1699492
General oblique aerial view looking across Laig Bay, with the fort in the foreground, towards Cleadale and the north side of Eigg, taken from the WNW.
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Elevated view from SSE
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General view from NE
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General view towards Howlin from WNW
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SC 743147
General view of Cleadale houses, Eigg
Papers of Erskine Beveridge, antiquarian, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
25/9/1883
© Courtesy of HES (Erskine Beveridge Collection)
SC 875520
Elevated view from SSE
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/8/1999
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SC 875762
General oblique aerial view looking across Laig Bay, with the fort in the foreground, towards Cleadale and the north side of Eigg, taken from the WNW.
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10/4/2003
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SC 1551746
Eigg, Cleadale. View of lazy beds at Cleadale.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
2001
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Eigg, Cleadale, Township. View of township from E.
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Oblique aerial view of the crofting township and field-system, taken from the WNW.
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SC 1574448
Copy of a historic photographic view of Cleadale township, from the Banff Album.
General Collection. Photograph Albums.
7/1913
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General oblique aerial view of Cleadale and the north end of Eigg, taken from the S.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
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Eigg, Cleadale, Township. View of Cleadale from Poll Duchaill.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
2001
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SC 2563742
Copy of a historic photographic view of Cleadale township from the Banff Album.
General Collection. Photograph Albums.
7/1913
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General view from NE
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General view from NNE
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View towards Howlin from WNW
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General view from ESE
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Eigg, Cleadale, Township. View of Cleadale from Poll Duchaill.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
2001
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Eigg, Cleadale. General view from N.
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2001
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Oblique aerial view centred on the church, crofting township and field-system, taken from the SW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
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General oblique aerial view centred on the Bay of Laig with the crofting township beyond and the remains of the fort adjacent, taken from the W.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
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General oblique aerial view centred on the Bay of Laig with the crofting township beyond and the remains of the fort adjacent, taken from the W.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
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DP 302498
General view SW over Cleadale towards Laig bay.
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
12/7/2019
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
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View of specimen croft from NW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/8/1999
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General view from NNE
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View of township from NNE
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Elevated view from SE
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SC 1399211
View towards Howlin from WNW
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Eigg, Cleadale. General view of Cleadale from S.
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2002
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Oblique aerial view of the crofting township and field-system, taken from the ENE.
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Oblique aerial view of the crofting township and field-system with farmstead adjacent taken from the WSW.
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General oblique aerial view centred on the Bay of Laig with the crofting township beyond and the remains of the fort adjacent, taken from the W.
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View of township from NNE
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5/8/1999
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- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Cleadale Crofting hamlet beneath the fretted heights of Sgorr an Fharaidh, one of the island's three townships in 1806 and the first to be divided up (in 1810) into small enclosed lots as an incentive for those whose labours were essential to the profitable business of harvesting kelp. Only Croft No 6 retains its traditional roundcornered 19th-century dwelling, modernised early 20th century when most thatched roofs on the island were replaced with red tin. In 1913 , five identical improved houses were built at the new township of Cuagach for crofters removed from Galmisdale. Each had a slate roof, cast-iron range, panelling and two upstairs bedrooms (the old houses became their byres).
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NM48NE 31.00 centred on 477 888
NM48NE 31.01 NM 4775 8854 Farm
NM48NE 31.02 NM 4780 8880 Farm
NM48NE 31.03 NM 4780 8913 Longhouse
NM48NE 31.04 NM 47811 88794 Croft House (HBM Listed)
NM48NE 31.05 NM 4781 8897 House
A crofting township, comprising sixty roofed buildings, one partially roofed building and seven unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire & Inverness-shire, Islands of Rum & Eigg 1879, sheet lxxi). Sixteen roofed buildings, one partially roofed building and thirteen unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 9 December 1996.
