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South Fearns
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name South Fearns
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 282722
Site Number NG53NE 202
NGR NG 5866 3534
NGR Description Centred NG 5866 3534
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/282722
- Council Highland
- Parish Portree
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG53NE 202 centred 5866 3534
A survey of the townships of Suisnish and South Fearns was carried out by ACFA in April 2005 as part of a continuing programme of recording the physical remains of human activity on the island of Raasay (DES 2004, 78-9).
Township of South Fearns. The remains of the cleared township of South Fearns (NG53NE 103) lie on the E coast some 3.5km from Inverarish. It was cleared in the 1850s, again to make way for sheep. It was re-occupied in the 1920s when the Raasay Raiders moved down from the N of the island and started to rebuild Fearns and Eyre. The remains now consist of 20 structures comprising houses, barns/byres, plus a number of possible burial cairns including a large
cairn some 25 x 10m. South Fearns is surrounded by an extensive field system comprising field banks and remains of rig.
Full report lodged with NMRS.
Sponsors: Glasgow Archaeological Society, CBA Challenge
Funding.
J Macdonald and J Scott Wood 2005.
