Monument record MHG5748 - Garafad
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 4931 6784 (183m by 268m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG46NE |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KILMUIR |
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Full Description
Centred on 493 678.
NG 493 678: A depopulated township (? Garrafad) comprising 22 ruined houses (2 overlain by modern sheep-dipping pens) and some outbuildings. Visited by OS (A S P) 25 April 1961.
A township comprising three roofed, two unroofed buildings, an unroofed structure, some field walls and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Island of Skye 1880, sheet viii). A field-system lies approximately 400m to the E of the buildings (NG 497 678).
Ten unroofed buildings, three enclosures, one of which has four compartments, a sheepfold, some field walls, a field-system and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1968).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 7 October 1996
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Record last edited
Feb 21 2017 2:30PM
