Skye, Ostaig Farm Square
College (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Ostaig Farm Square
Classification College (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Sabhal Mor Ostaig (Cola-isde Gaidhlig); Gaelic College
Canmore ID 11549
Site Number NG60NW 3
NGR NG 64985 06179
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11549
- Council Highland
- Parish Sleat
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Sabhal Mor Ostaig (great steading of Ostaig), c.1840 One of the Macdonalds' substantial farm squares, originally U-plan, with a tower on one corner and later ranges across the south side; converted to a Gaelic college, 1970s, with engulfing extensions by Donald Mackillop Assocs, 1994.
[Dunscaith a bare cairn of stones
and the Green Castle under ivy,
and the ghosts of feuding and death
haunting their weak dead ramparts;
the herbs and flowers of aspirations
about Sabhal Ostaig; and a light,
sunbeam of the Gael's hope,
about its old and new walls.
May good fortune and success
be with the great work of the Sabhal.
(Translation from Gaelic of 'A Waxing Moon above Sleat' by Sorley Maclean, co-founder of the college.)]
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2007. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NG60NW 3.00 NG 64985 06179
NG60NW 3.01 NG 64948 06182 Cottages
