Monument record MHG5735 - Hallaig, Raasay

Centred 591 384

(NG 591 384) Hallaig: depopulated by 1875.
OS 6" map, Isle of Skye, 1st ed., (1877)

Hallaig: a depopulated township, situated on the E coast of Raasay below high cliffs, comprises about 44 ruined houses, some yards and small enclosures.
There are large areas of lazy-beds on the upper slopes to the W.
Hallaig was probably depopulated some time after 1846, in which year Mr Rainy of Edinburgh bought the island of Raasay, and evicted large numbers of people, some emigrating, others going to Rona. (Information from Miss Nicholson, 'Eilean Tigh', Raasay, and from Mr Macleod, shoemaker, Clachan, Raasay.)
Visited by OS (A S P) 15 June 1961

(previously NG53NE 41) NG 588 385: On the flat ground between Hallaig and Loch a' Chadha Chamaig are extensive remains of rig cultivation contained within well-defined dyked enclosures.
Visited by D Topen, 27 March 1991.
R Miket et al 1991; NMRS MS/530

One roofed, one unroofed building, a large enclosure and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1879, sheet xxxi). Forty-two unroofed buildings, which include two L-shaped buildings, one of which is also a long building, a large enclosure and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1989).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 31 October 1996.