Scotland, Highland
Hallaig cleared township, Raasay
Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Coins and tokens
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: clay pipe fragments.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
crofting township cleared 1852 to 1854
Crofting township on the southeast corner of Raasay, emptied between 1852 and 1854 by landowner George Rainy during the Highland Clearances. Sorley MacLean's Gaelic poem Hallaig made the deserted village widely known.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
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