Borve, Skye
Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System(S) (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), School (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Borve, Skye
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System(S) (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), School (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 119549
Site Number NG44NW 21
NGR NG 445 485
NGR Description centred on NG 445 485
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/119549
- Council Highland
- Parish Snizort
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Note
A township, a farmstead and three field-systems are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xxiii). (NG 436 493, NG 449 488 and NG 458 476) The township comprises five roofed buildings, which include a school, sixty-six unroofed buildings, several of which are either long, L-shaped or T-shaped buildings and a head-dyke. The farmstead (NG 453 477) comprises two roofed buildings, one unroofed building, an enclosure and a sheepfold.
A crofting township comprising forty-one roofed, two partially roofed and thirty-four unroofed buildings, their associated enclosures and field walls, a head-dyke, three field-systems and the farmstead comprising one unroofed and two roofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 October 1996