You may view the information for ALL the towns and villages
in Isle of Skye0 (the page may be very large)
or You can view your
preferred location from the list on the left.
Wild and so
far unspoiled, this 15-mile island lies off
Skye’s east coast and still echoes with the
horrors of one of the most shocking chapters
in British history. After the fugitive Bonnie
Prince Charlie had been secreted here by the
ruling MacLeods following the failure of the
1745 Jacobite rebellion, government troops
sacked the island, destroying every house in
their path.
Then in the 19th century came the
potato famine, the sale of the island by the
last member of the MacLeod family and,
finally, the Highland clearances.
Today’s Raasay is tranquil
once again and attracts visitors drawn by both the
island’s history and its evocative landscape.
Brochel Castle – once home to the McLeod of Raasay
– is now a romantic ruin while Raasay House,
another McLeod residence, has been transformed
into a hotel complex. Dr Johnson and his friend
James Boswell stayed here on a visit to the island
in 1773. Dun Borodale is an Iron Age broch.
