An abandoned settlement on the steeply-sloping east coast of the Isle of Raasay in the Inner Hebrides, Hallaig is situated a half-mile (0.8 km) northwest of Rubha na' Leac and 2¾ miles (4.5 km) northeast of Inverarish. The stone footings of at least twenty-five buildings can be observed, together with a large enclosure and evidence of a rig-and-furrow cultivation system. The village was cleared of people 1852-54, events memorialised in the Gaelic-language poem Hallaig by Sorley MacLean (1991-96).
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