Glac Nan Sgadan
Cottage (Post Medieval), Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Naust(S) (Period Unassigned), Platform(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glac Nan Sgadan
Classification Cottage (Post Medieval), Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Naust(S) (Period Unassigned), Platform(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 71735
Site Number NG80NW 1
NGR NG 826 087
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/71735
- Council Highland
- Parish Glenelg (Skye And Lochalsh)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (3 June 1991)
NG80NW 1.00 826 087.
NG80NW 1.01 NG 826 087 Cottage; Buildings; Hut; Enclosure; Pen (Possible).
NG80NW 1.02 NG 8263 0870 Cultivation Remains.
NG80NW 1.03 NG 8263 0872 Enclosure; Building; Nausts.
NG80NW 1.04 NG 8262 0879 Hut; Cultivation Remains; Turf-Cuttings.
NG80NW 1.05 NG 8254 0874 Hut; Building (Possible); Enclosure (Possible); Pen.
NG80NW 1.06 NG 8250 0870 Cultivation Remains; Hut; Platforms.
NG80NW 1.07 NG 823 087 Platforms; Pens.
Glac nan Sgadan embraces an area of gently sloping ground fronting an indented foreshore, which is bounded on the S by the Allt Glac nan Sgadan, a stream with rock-and rubble-strewn banks, with steeper, grass and bracken-covered slopes rising to the rear. On the N and S, the hillsides are punctuated by rock outcrops and close by there is some scrub and relict woodland. Disposed over the lower stream-riven slopes of this natural hollow, close to a 19th-century cottage, there are the remains of a pre- clearance farmstead, comprising a dwelling-house, outbuildings, cultivated plots, and enclosures, together with a series of cultivation remains, evidence of turf-cutting, and a number of stances.
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS) 3 June 1991.
RCAHMS 1991.
Note (31 July 1996)
A farmstead, comprising one roofed building, two unroofed buildings and a short length of wall is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire 1876, sheet lxxvii). Three unroofed buildings and a short length of wall are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 31 July 1996.
