Overview
Camas A' Ghlais' Lean is the exact Historic Environment Scotland record for a named whole township in Highland. The supporting saved type component is Township (post Medieval). The source gives its period wording as post Medieval. The saved record identifies the place without supplying safe names for its owners or residents.
Who lived here and when
The official record identifies Camas A' Ghlais' Lean with the exact type wording Township (post Medieval). The source gives its period wording as post Medieval. It does not safely name particular residents, families or landholders.
Homes and daily life
The exact type shows that this was an inhabited place rather than an isolated field or wall. The saved row does not describe individual homes, possessions, work or daily routines at Camas A' Ghlais' Lean.
What was found
This record preserves the name, classification and mapped point of Camas A' Ghlais' Lean. It does not safely list excavated objects or building finds, so none are added here.
Why it ended
The saved record does not explain whether Camas A' Ghlais' Lean was abandoned, cleared, rebuilt or gradually fell out of use. The word deserted is used only when it appears in the exact official type.
Why it mattered
Camas A' Ghlais' Lean matters because it fixes a named inhabited place in the landscape of Highland. Its exact subject and period help show where communities lived, while the individual source record gives later local research a firm starting point.
History checked 16 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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