Monument record MHG49775 - South Fearns

NMRS Report: (19/09/2006 11:12:24)
NG53NE 202 NG 5866 3534

A survey of the townships of Suisnish and South Fearns was carried out by ACFA in April 2005 as part of a continuing programme of recording the physical remains of human activity on the island of Raasay (DES 2004, 78-9).

Township of South Fearns. The remains of the cleared township of South Fearns (NG53NE 103) lie on the E coast some 3.5km from Inverarish. It was cleared in the 1850s, again to make way for sheep. It was re-occupied in the 1920s when the Raasay Raiders moved down from the N of the island and started to rebuild Fearns and Eyre. The remains now consist of 20 structures comprising houses, barns/byres, plus a number of possible burial cairns including a large
cairn some 25 x 10m. South Fearns is surrounded by an extensive field system comprising field banks and remains of rig.
Full report lodged with NMRS.
Sponsors: Glasgow Archaeological Society, CBA Challenge
Funding.
J Macdonald and J Scott Wood 2005