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MHG23934 - Township - Eilean Fladda

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A township comprising buildings, enclosures and field system.

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A township comprising twenty-two roofed buildings, three of which are long buildings, two unroofed buildings, seven enclosures and a field-system is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1879, sheet xix). Ten roofed, ten unroofed buildings, one of which is a long building, four enclosures, a sheepfold, some field walls and the fragmentary remains of the field-system are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 30 October 1996

Site 10; A township comprising buildings, enclosures and field system is located on the east side of Fladday just north of the isthmus connecting the island to Raasay. Some of the buildings shown on the 1' edition OS map surveyed in 1878 are still standing. Most of them are roofless. A couple of well maintained roofed houses were built in the early 1930s and are still used as holiday cottages. According to Callum Gillies, the buildings on the west side of the township were used as barns and for storage of potatoes and other crops. The only visible cultivation remains within the township are to the north, where two small plots of rig and furrow can be seen. Condition: Most of the buildings are still surviving to over 1 m high. The old schoolhouse at the south end of the township, however, has been completely removed with only the footprint visible. The dykes enclosing the fields at the north end of the township are fragmented but largely traceable. <1>

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Location

Grid reference	Centred NG 5902 5059 (214m by 285m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG55SE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	PORTREE

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