Raasay, Umachan
Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Raasay, Umachan
Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 241886
Site Number NG64NW 4
NGR NG 6038 4992
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/241886
- Council Highland
- Parish Portree
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG64NW 4 6038 4992
NG 5882 3581 (centre) The survey of the township of North Fearns (part 1) plus a field survey of the north of Raasay was carried out by ACFA in April 2002 as part of a continuing programme of recording the physical remains of human activity on the island (DES 2001, 60-61).
NG 6038 4992 Group of two shielings, a cairn/shieling, an enclosure/cairn and a store.
Sponsors: Glasgow Archaeological Society, CBA Challenge Funding
J Macdonald and J S Wood 2002
