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Inver, Raasay
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Inver, Raasay
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 119637
Site Number NG54SE 40
NGR NG 550 422
NGR Description centred on NG 550 422
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/119637
- Council Highland
- Parish Portree
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG54SE 40 centred on 550 422
A township comprising nine unroofed buildings, one of which is a long building, an enclosure and a length of wall is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1879, sheet xxx). Six unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1988).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 4 November 1996
The survey of Balachuirn, Balmeanach, Brae, Inbhire (Inver on OS 1:10,000 map) and the surrounding area was carried out by ACFA in April 1996 as part of a continuing programme of recording the physical remains of human activity on the island of Raasay.
Inbhire
NG 5503 4224 A row of connected structures along the main shore of Inbhire Bay, just above the high water mark and tucked in under the cliffs. Six structures and a wall.
NG 5507 4222 A range of buildings, 'round the corner' at the foot of the cliffs facing the mouth of the Allt a' Bhraghad. Three structures and a length of wall.
NG 5505 4216 Four structures and an enclosure at a higher level on heather and scrub-covered ground above the cliffs.
NG 5516 4222 One structure lying on the N bank of the Allt a' Bhraghad.
Sponsors: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Glasgow Archaeological Society.
J Macdonald and J Scott Wood 1996
