Monument record 798 - Beinn a' Bhaile, BALRANALD, NORTH UIST
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | NF 70995 69207 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NF76NW |
| Island | North Uist |
| Parish | NORTH UIST, Western Isles |
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Full Description
NF76NW 7 71 69.
The settlement at Balranald, of which the tacksman's house alone remains, seems to have been associated with a dun or other earlier occupation on or near the site. The name is first mentioned in 1505 and appears on Blaeu's Atlas, c.1600. It was still extant at the time of the Reid Estate survey in 1799.
I A Crawford 1965; J Blaeu 1654; Reg Magni Sig Reg Scot 1984.
No remains were found of the original settlement at Balranald.
Visited by OS (E G C) 7 June 1965.
J Blaeu, 1654, Theatrum Orbis Terrerum, sive Atlas Novus, vol. 5, Scotice et Hibernia, Vistvs Insvla Vulgo Viist (Bibliographic reference). SWE10786.
I A Crawford, 1965a, Scot Stud, 36, table 1, No. 31 (Bibliographic reference). SWE2130.
Reg Magni Sig Reg Scot, 1984b, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum> The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland 1424-1513 (Bibliographic reference). SWE9786.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SWE10786 Bibliographic reference: J Blaeu. 1654. Theatrum Orbis Terrerum, sive Atlas Novus, vol. 5, Scotice et Hibernia. Vistvs Insvla Vulgo Viist.
- --- SWE2130 Bibliographic reference: I A Crawford. 1965a. Scot Stud. 9. 34-63. 36, table 1, No. 31.
- --- SWE9786 Bibliographic reference: Reg Magni Sig Reg Scot. 1984b. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum> The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland 1424-1513.
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- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM
