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Skye, Braes, Peinchorran
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Braes, Peinchorran
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 119622
Site Number NG53SW 18
NGR NG 527 333
NGR Description centred on NG 527 333
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/119622
- Council Highland
- Parish Portree
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Note
A crofting township comprising thirty-six roofed, one partially roofed, two unroofed buildings, their associated enclosures and field walls and a length of head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1882, sheet xxxv). To the N the head-dyke separates Peinchorran from the township of Balmeanach.
Twenty-four roofed, one partially roofed, sixteen unroofed buildings and a length of head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 November 1996
