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MHG5743 - Peinvraid

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NG46SW 1 centred on 423 632.

NG 423 632: A depopulated township on the lower NE slopes at the head of Glen Uig comprising about 6 ruined houses. Some lazy-beds are in evidence. This is probably the township of Peinvraid - district name shown on OS 6" 1903.
Visited by OS (C F W) 29 April 1961.

A township comprising fifteen unroofed buildings, and their associated enclosures and field walls is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Island of Skye 1879, sheet vii). The township is defined to NE by parts of a head-dyke, to the NW by the burn Lon Shobhar-airidh and to SW by River Conon.
Fourteen unroofed buildings and their associated enclosures and field walls are shown on current edition of OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 3 October 1996

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Grid reference	Centred NG 4232 6317 (760m by 870m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG46SW
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	SNIZORT

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