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Portneora
House(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Portneora
Classification House(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Balmacara Estate (Port-an-eorna)
Canmore ID 87821
Site Number NG73SE 4
NGR NG 7760 3216
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/87821
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochalsh
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (6 June 1994)
Ruinous houses: recorded in June 1994 during a comprehensive survey of Balmacara NTS estate. Full details are lodged with Dualchas, Skye and Lochalsh Museums Service.
Dualchas 1994a.
Field Visit (May 1994)
The ruins of two stone built houses arranged end to end on an east-west alignment. Both houses measure 10.5 m by 4;5 m over walls 0.6 m thick. Windows and doors survive in both structures and face in a northerly direction. A very ruinous 'chicken shed' lies amongst rocks to the southwest of the western house.
(BAL94-73-09)
Information from NTS (SCS) January 2016
Condition Survey (1998 - 1998)
These semi-ruinous structures are sited in the township of Port-an-Eorna, immediately north-west of the house known as Barleyport.
NTS Ref: BAL 004.02 (Information from condition report for NTS produced by Jill Harden 2000)
NTS commissioned condition report as follow-up to Dualchas survey, undertaken by Jill Harden
