Niag-ard

NG70NW 3 744 069.

(Area: NG 744069) Niag - ard (NAT)

OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1902)

Niag - ard was once a thickly populated district, but is now deserted. It extends from Allt Niag - ard on the W to Amhain Ghuserin on the E. The HWM forms the N boundary.

Name Book 1873.

In 1849 over 500 people left the parish of Glenelg to emigrate to Canada.

A Mackenzie 1883.

By-passed - difficult access

OS surveyor, October 1966.

A township, comprising twenty-seven unroofed buildings and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1876, sheet lxxvi). Thirty unroofed buildings, three enclosures and some short lengths of field-wall are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1970).

Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 29 July 1996.