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MHG4887 - Lechd A'Chleirich

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NG32NE 7 380 273.

NG 380 273. On the west side of Glen Eynort at a height of about 250' OD is a depopulated township comprising about 8 houses with byres or outbuildings, two of which are still in use. A considerable amount of lazy-bed cultivation is evident in the area. (Township visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/274: 3173-4)
This is probably a remnant of the township 'Clachan Eynort' shown by Johnson in 1824 (W Johnson's Map of Skye, 1824)
Visited by OS (C F W) 8 June 1961.

A township, comprising eleven unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xxxvii). One roofed building and ten unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1965).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 12 November 1996.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 3807 2734 (209m by 282m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG32NE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	BRACADALE

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