Monument record MHG4742 - Isay, Skye
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NG 2201 5704 (336m by 633m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NG25NW |
Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
Civil Parish | DUIRINISH |
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Full Description
NG25NW 4 219 570.
(NG 219 570) Isay: shown as a township c.1600 (J Blaeu 1662) .... total depopulation before 1875 (OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 1st ed., 1880).
J Blaeu 1662; Visited by OS (A C) 20 January 1961.
The township of Isay was built c.1830 by MacDonald of Waternish as a small fishing community for people evicted from Bracadale, but did not last for more than about 30 years. The houses were constructed by a mason brought from Edinburgh, assisted by local labour (Information from Mr MacDonald, Land-owner, Waternish House).
The depopulated township comprises about 13 large ruined houses of a type not normally met with in Skye, with outbuildings and yards which stretch along the E shore of Isay, just above high water mark. There are also extensive areas of lazy-beds.
The large building at NG 220 517 was built c.1750 as a summer-house for the MacDonalds (Information from Mr MacDonald). It is of two storeys, constructed of rubble masonry, but now roofless. (Visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK 175: 1385-6)
Visited by OS (A C) 20 January 1961.
A township, comprising twenty-eight unroofed buildings and eight enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1880, sheet xv). Twenty-eight buildings and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 15 October 1996.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG1977 Text/Publication/Volume: Blaeu, J. 1662. Geographiae Blavianae Volumen sextum, etc (Scotland and Ireland), Atlas Major. Skia vel Skiana. The Yle of Skie.
- --- SHG3026 Text/Publication/Article: Rev. Alex McGregor, M.A.. 1880. 'Notes on some old customs in the Island of Skye.', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 14 1880, p.143-7. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 143-7. 143-7.
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Record last edited
Feb 28 2017 9:56AM