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Cnoc Fhionn
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cnoc Fhionn
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Cnoc Fhinn
Canmore ID 11771
Site Number NG81NE 2
NGR NG 8760 1955
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11771
- Council Highland
- Parish Glenelg (Skye And Lochalsh)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG81NE 2 8760 1955.
(Centred: NG 87601955) Knockfin or Cnoc Fhionn, a once flourishing hamlet depopulated c. 1840 for the introduction of sheep.
M E M Macdonald 1920.
Cnoc Fhionn, a depopulated settlement comprising the ruins of 16 buildings, 16.5m x 3.5m maximum size and 1.0m maximum height, 3 small enclosures and a corn-drying kiln. To the SW there is an extensive area of lazy beds.
Visited by OS (N K B) 6 October 1966.
A township, comprising fifteen unroofed buildings and one enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Ross-shire 1876-80, sheet xlvi). Nine unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 24 July 1996.
