Comunn Eachdraidh Shlèite
Sleat Local History Society
"Preserving the history of the parish of Sleat on the Isle of Skye"
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Carradale
Carradale Caradail (copse or copse wood dale)
Although the census records several families living here, Carradale was not set out to crofts until 1850. There were 8 new crofts. The tenants came from Achnacloich, Aird, Sasaig and Point of Sleat as well as two families already living in Carradale. The township was cleared in 1879 - the reason, as given in evidence to the Napier Commission, that it was too far from any of the schools in the parish.