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TITLE
Bernera Barracks, Glenelg
EXTERNAL ID
HCD00545
PLACENAME
Glenelg
DISTRICT
Lochaber
OLD COUNTY/PARISH
INVERNESS: Glenelg
PERIOD
1920s; 1930s
CREATOR
Duncan Macpherson
SOURCE
Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre
ASSET ID
12250
KEYWORDS
barracks
ruin
village
mountains
zoomable images

The photograph shows the ruined Barracks and village of Glenelg. The Barracks, the last of four in the Highlands, were constructed about 1723 to garrison Government soldiers, sent to subdue the local population, to control the sea lane in the Sound of Sleat and to prevent any further Jacobite risings. The Grade A listed building was occupied by the military until the 1790s before being used as a poor house and shelter for people made homeless by the Clearances


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Bernera Barracks, Glenelg

INVERNESS: Glenelg

1920s; 1930s

barracks; ruin; village; mountains; zoomable images

Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre

Duncan Macpherson (photographs)

The photograph shows the ruined Barracks and village of Glenelg. The Barracks, the last of four in the Highlands, were constructed about 1723 to garrison Government soldiers, sent to subdue the local population, to control the sea lane in the Sound of Sleat and to prevent any further Jacobite risings. The Grade A listed building was occupied by the military until the 1790s before being used as a poor house and shelter for people made homeless by the Clearances <br /> <br /> <br /> This image can be purchased.<br /> For further information about purchasing and prices please email<br /> <a href= "mailto: skyeandlochalsh.archives@highlifehighland.com" >Skye and Lochalsh Archives</a>