Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre

People interested in the local and family history related to Skye and
Lochalsh can now find out more at a new facility opened by The Highland
Council’s Archive Service.

The Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre is open on Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Fridays from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm.

Located at Elgin Hostel, Dunvegan Road, Portree the Centre replaces the
former Dualchas Heritage Service which used to be based at Tigh na
Sgire.

Bill Fernie, Chairman of The Highland Council’s Education, Culture and
Sport Committee said: “The opening of the Skye and Lochalsh Archive
Centre is a major milestone for the Administration of The Highland
Council. This marks completion of the delivery of the Council’s Highland
Archive Strategy in providing a state of the art facility at the hub
with the Highland Archive and Registration Centre and a network of local
archive facilities providing quality access to local information.”

Archive collections held by the Dualchas Heritage Service are now
preserved in the archive repository at the new premises, together with
archives relating to Skye and Lochalsh which were previously held in
Inverness.

The archives which have been repatriated to the area include school
records, police archives, and estate papers where they can be made
readily accessible to the public in the search room.

Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre is part of The Highland Council’s hub
and spokes strategy for the provision of its Archive Service. The new
Highland Archive and Registration Centre at Inverness is the hub at the
centre with supporting spokes located in Wick, Fort William and Portree.

To contact the Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre, write to: The Highland
Council, Elgin Hostel, Dunvegan Road, Portree Isle of Skye IV51 9EE or
tel: 01478 614078 or email: anne.macleod2@highland.gov.uk