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Raasay, Gualann Na' Leac
Blackhouse (Post Medieval), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Raasay, Gualann Na' Leac
Classification Blackhouse (Post Medieval), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 78076
Site Number NG53NE 36
NGR NG 5962 3790
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78076
- Council Highland
- Parish Portree
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG53NE 36 5964 3790.
Approximately 40m N of milestone 5 on the track from Fearns to Brochel, and actually cut in two by the track are the overgrown ruins of a blackhouse and enclosure.
The house measures 11m N-S by 5m E-W over walls which have spread to 1.5m wide. A turf and stone dyke abutts the NW corner. The enclosure is roughly square in plan and is constructed of rubble stone walls which link isolated rocky outcrops. The enclosure lies to the E of the house and has an entrance in the SW corner.
Visited by D Topen March 1991.
R Miket et al 1991; NMRS MS/530.
