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Scotland, Na h-Eileanan Siar

Hellisay cleared island

Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles

Also 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).

Why this spot

Clearance-era island community to 1890

Sound of Barra island first swollen by refugees from other clearances, peaking at 108 people in 1841, then cleared in the 1840s with many moving to Eriskay. A few inhabitants stayed until 1890.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

boat access only, remote

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