Samadalan
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Samadalan
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Samadalen
Canmore ID 11622
Site Number NG70NW 2
NGR NG 733 060
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11622
- Council Highland
- Parish Glenelg (Lochaber)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG70NW 2 733 060.
(Area: NG 733 060) Samadalan (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1902)
Samadalan was at one time a thickly populated district, but now deserted. The area is bounded on the N by the HWM, Airor Burn on the W and Allt Niag-ard on the E. (Name Book 1873)
In 1849 over 500 people left the parish of Glenelg to emigrate to Canada. (A Mackenzie 1883)
Name Book 1873; A Mackenzie 1883.
By-passed - difficult access
OS surveyor, October 1966.
A township, comprising two roofed buildings, twenty-four unroofed buildings and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1876, sheet lxxvi). Twenty-four unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1970).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 29 July 1996.
Field Visit (5 September 2012 - 10 September 2012)
A township was surveyed for a woodland scheme in September 2012. The field survey identified three houses, two buildings, four structures, a number of enclosures, a fank, clearance cairns and large area of cultivation remains.
Information from OASIS ID: westcoas1-133509 (S Birch) 2012
