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MHG5203 - Township - Urgag

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Un-named depopulated township; deserted pre-1875 (OS 6"map, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, 1st ed.) Possibly the township of Urgag shown shown hereabouts in 1824 (Information from W Johnson's Map of Skye, 1824)

The depopulated township of Urgag is situated on a rocky shelf on a N-facing slope, and comprises a group of about 12 ruined houses, and a number of small enclosures. A considerable area of lazy-beds extends along the valley bottom between this township and Bealach (NG47SW 7) to the W.
Visited by OS (C F W) 25 April 1961.

A township, comprising one partially roofed building, four unroofed buildings, four enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch maps (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1878, sheet iv). Eleven unroofed buildings, nine enclosures and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1966).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 8 October 1996.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 4209 7313 (849m by 610m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG47SW
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	KILMUIR

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