Editing Portree (section)

== Prehistory and archaeology ==
Archaeological investigations in advance of construction of a housing development in 2006–2007, by CFA Archaeology, uncovered evidence of occupation of Portree from the [[Bronze Age Britain|Early Bronze Age]] to the [[Scotland in the Middle Ages|Medieval period]] (the earliest [[Radiocarbon dating|radiocarbon date]] was 2570 BC, and the latest was AD 1400). They also found stone tools that indicated people were in the area in the Early to Mid [[Neolithic British Isles|Neolithic]], possibly as far back as the Late [[Mesolithic Britain|Mesolithic]].<ref name=":0" />

The archaeologists discovered the remains of timber roundhouses, a circular ditch-defined enclosure, miniature [[Souterrain|souterrains]], probable standing stone sockets and an assortment of pits. While not many artefacts were recovered there was an assemblage of [[Bell Beaker culture|Beaker pottery]]. This was the first discovery of a site dating from the Later Bronze Age on the Isle of Skye.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Vol 54 (2013): Excavation of post-built roundhouses and a circular ditched enclosure at Kiltaraglen, Portree, Isle of Skye 2006-07 {{!}} Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports|url=http://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/sair/issue/view/84|access-date=2021-08-24|website=journals.socantscot.org}}</ref>

The archaeologists also found evidence of the shooting range that was created in the 1800s with the formation of the Rifle Volunteer movement, set up in 1859 to defend the country against a potential French invasion. The first official unit in Portree was the 8th Inverness-shire Rifle Volunteer Corps, formed in July 1867.<ref name=":0" />