Monument record MHG5189 - Ceapach

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 5645 1784 (216m by 225m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG51NE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish SLEAT

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Full Description

NG51NE 11 565 178.
Unnamed depopulated area deserted before c. 1875.
OS 6"map, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, 1st ed., (1875)

Probably one of 8 other townships in the neighbourhood of Ceapach (Keppoch - NG51NE 10), noted as cleared in 1852.
A Mackenzie 1883.

Depopulated township comprising about 5 houses with 2 or 3 outbuildings, There is a considerable amount of lazy-bed cultivation in evidence about the township, but the whole area is badly overgrown with bracken.
Visited by OS (C F W) 16 June 1961.

A small township, comprising four unroofed buildings and a field is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xlv). Three unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1965).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 13 November 1996.

Awaiting DES entry 98/072.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Mackenzie, A. 1883. The history of the Highland clearances: containing a reprint of Donald Macleod's "Gloomy memories of the Highlands; and a verbatim report of the trial of the Braes crofters". 1st. 18.

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Record last edited

Mar 14 2017 3:38PM

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