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Raasay, South Fearns
Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Raasay, South Fearns
Classification Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 276676
Site Number NG53NE 166
NGR NG 5867 3545
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/276676
- Council Highland
- Parish Portree
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG53NE 166 5867 3545
The remains of a longhouse, 12m x 4m, was 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. The walls of the house are double-faced and have a rubble infill. They survive to a maximum height of 8 course, or 1.4m. They are a metre thick and have no sign of being mortared. The corners of the building are rounded. The E wall has an entrance 1.2m wide.
Slightly downslope is a U-shaped enclosure, 5m x 4m.
J Macdonald and J Scott Wood 2005.
