Lachasay, Skye
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lachasay, Skye
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 11406
Site Number NG47SW 8
NGR NG 412 713
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11406
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmuir
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG47SW 8 412 713.
(NG 412 713) Lachasay: on which there was one tenant, was cleared and the land added to Duntulm (A Mackenzie 1883) It is shown as deserted before 1875 (OS 6"map, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, 1st ed.) re-occupied 1901 (OS 6"map, 2nd ed.), but deserted agian by 1914 (RCAHMS 1924)
A Mackenzie 1883; RCAHMS 1928.
Lachasay: a deserted farm comprising about 6 houses, 3 yards and a large enclosure.
A township, comprising one roofed, one partially roofed building, two unroofed buildings, three enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch maps (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1878, sheet iv). Eight unroofed buildings, four enclosures and one sheep pen are shown on the modern edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1966).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 8 October 1996.
