Romesdal, Skye
Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Grain Mill (Period Unassigned), Lade (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Romesdal, Skye
Classification Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Grain Mill (Period Unassigned), Lade (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 11337
Site Number NG45SW 8
NGR NG 413 540
NGR Description Centred NG 413 540
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11337
- Council Highland
- Parish Snizort
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG45SW 8 centred 413 540
(NG 413 540). Romesdal: shown as a township in 1662 (J Blaeu 1662) but by 1878 (OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, Island of Skye, 1st ed.) only the mill, and a small group of buildings by the bridge over the River Romesdal remained.
Visited by OS (A C) 19 December 1960.
J Blaeu 1662
Romesdal: a depopulated township consisting of 27 ruined houses, and many small enclosures. There are large areas of lazy-beds surrounding the township.
Visited by OS (A S P) 30 April 1961
A township comprising five roofed buildings, which include a corn mill, eight unroofed buildings, a mill lead, an enclosure, some field walls and a field-system is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xvii). Nine roofed buildings, which include the mill, one partially roofed building, seventeen unroofed buildings, some field walls and a smaller field-system are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 15 October 1996.
