Monument record 1287 - CAMAS CRUBAIG, LOCH PORTRAIN, NORTH UIST

NF97SW 7 centred on 943 707

(NF 9418 7085, 9436 7075, & 9432 7041) The name 'Rudha Raibeart' applies to a piece of pasture land and the remains of several old huts....the meaning for this name could not be ascertained...
Name Book 1878; OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 1st ed., (1881)

The depopulated settlement 'Rudha Raibeart' centred at NF 943 707, is now known locally as 'Camus Crubaig', taken from the name of the adjoining bay. It comprises the remains of 2 small enclosures and thirteen buildings varying in size from 15.5 x 3.5m to 3.5 x 2.5m internally, and in height from 0.3m to 1.2m. The majority of the wall corners are rounded as in 'black-houses'. Several of the remains have been utilised to form small stock enclosures.
The approximate date of depopulation is said to be 1850.
Visited by OS (R D) 30 June 1965

Eight unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Hebrides, North Uist etc. 1881, sheet xxxvi). Ten unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 21 April 1997

Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 7, 151 (Unpublished document). SWE4254.