Raasay, South Fearns
Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Raasay, South Fearns
Classification Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 276667
Site Number NG53NE 162
NGR NG 5866 3554
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/276667
- Council Highland
- Parish Portree
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG53NE 162 5866 3554
The ruins of a longhouse were recorded here during a field survey of the Suisnish area of Raasay by ACFA, who have conducted surveys on the island every year since 1995. It measures 11.4m x 3.8m internally and the drystone walls are double-skinned with a rubble core, standing to an average height of 1.5m and 0.8m wide. The corners of the building are rounded and it stands on a substantial construction platform 1m high, which extends outwards for 1.8m along the E face. The E wall has an entrance 1m wide. There are a number of old, turf-covered corrugated iron sheets inside the building, showing possible re-use at some late stage.
To the N of the building is an irregular enclosure, 9.2m x 5.6m, with no obvious entrance.
J Macdonald and J Scott Wood 2005.