Minginish
Principal Sources
RMS II (2420) 1498
NRAS 2950/2/485/11 Rental 1706
NRAS 2950/2/485/12 Rental 1707
NRAS 2950/2/485/13 Rental 1708
NRAS 2950/2/491/6 Rental 1724
NRAS 2950/2/491/7 Rental 1724
NRAS 2950/2/491/8 Rental 1744
NRAS 2950/2/485/58 Rental 1790
Minginish is poorly represented in Blaeu’s map of Skye but see Macfarlane’s Geographical Collections II p 583
RHP 8725 Plan of Minginish, C Stewart, 1810
RHP 8726 Plan of part of Macleod Estate, J Chapman, 1810
RHP 8727 Plan of part of Macleod Estate, A Cameron, 1848, (based on Survey by J Chapman, 1810).
Unfortunately I have no independent valuation for Soay although it is a significant island and must have been worth a fair number of pennylands. The total for Minginish is 81½d or just over 4 ouncelands. I can believe that, with Soay, the total could have been as high as 100d or 5 ouncelands. Having said that, the value of Minginish is given as 4 ouncelands from 1498 (RMS II (2420)) onwards so it is possible that Soay was calculated separately. For the issue of whether Drynoch should be treated as Minginish or Bracadale please see under Bracadale.
There is an Allt Dabhoch at NG 3823. It is possible that this takes its name from some vat or tub-like feature in the bed of the stream. I prefer to interpret it as the name of a davach boundary.
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