Monument record MHG43278 - Lazy Beds, Peinvraid

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 4229 6320 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG46SW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish SNIZORT

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Full Description

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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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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