Skye, Buaile Bhlair, Skeabost
Battle Site (16th Century), Cairn (16th Century)(Possible)
Site Name Skye, Buaile Bhlair, Skeabost
Classification Battle Site (16th Century), Cairn (16th Century)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Snizort
Canmore ID 11281
Site Number NG44NW 2
NGR NG 413 487
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11281
- Council Highland
- Parish Snizort
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG44NW 2 413 487
(NG 413 487) Buaile Bhlair: Site of conflict between the Macleods and Macdonalds AD. 1539. (NAT)
OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904).
See also NG44NW 11.
A large cairn of stones, said to have covered the slain, until lately stood here, but was carted away to make room for the plough.
Name Book 1877.
A large, probably chambered, cairn on the opposite side of Loch Snizort, 300m to the N, today bears the legend that it covers the slain of the battle. (q.v. NG44SW 11)
Visited by OS (C F W) 24 April 1961.
