MHG64695 - Pre-crofting township - 'Corri Chatt A Chan' (Coire Chat Achan)
Summary
The pre-crofting township of 'Corri Chatt A Chan' (Coire Chat Achan), Strath, Skye.
Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
The pre-crofting township of 'Corri Chatt A Chan' (Coire Chat Achan), Strath, Skye. It also includes areas of rig cultivation, grazing and peat cuttings all within a large area, in part dyked and in part bounded by natural features like watercourses.
In the 1760s Sir James Macdonald, the chief of Clan Macdonald, commissioned a surveyor, Matthew Stobie, to produce a map of his whole estate at Strath. Over two years, Stobie produced five area maps. Stobie shows the boundaries of each township, the area of cultivated ground and also buildings. The runrig system of farming by a group of joint tenants was the norm at this date and the pattern of the areas of cultivated ground show this very well. A number of areas of settlement and/or farmsteads are shown. <1>
The boundaries of the original township can still be approximately traced in modern vertical aerial photography and these include both dykes and watercourses, as can several areas of settlement and cultivation (such as Suardal) which have been left relatively undisturbed. These can be compared very easily with Stobie's 1766 map, which shows how accurate a survey it was. Much of the western and northwestern part of the boundary, where it skirts Beinn na Caillich, Coire Gorm, Coire Odhar and Beinn Dearg Bheag however, cannot be traced in aerial photography as physical features and is approximate only. It is assumed that a physical boundary may once have existed or the overall township extent was understood to extend to scree slopes or the base of slopes generally, etc. <2> <3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SHG29930 Image/Map: Stobie, M.. 1766. Harrapool Map. Unaffiliated. Paper (Original).
- <2> SHG27491 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 1999-2001. Get Mapping colour vertical aerial photography 1999-2001 (The Millennium Map).
- <3> SHG27785 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2010. Getmapping aerial photography 2010.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 6196 2256 (5208m by 6591m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG62SW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | STRATH |
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