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MHG66350 - Small house - North Screapadal, Raasay

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This house is the highest one in the settlement of North Screapadal.

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Two townships named North and South Screapadal are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xxiv) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1988).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 October 1996

(NG 581 443) North and South Screapadal: depopulated by 1877.
OS 6"map, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1877)

North Screapadal, a depopulated township, comprises some 17 ruined houses. There are 4 small ruined boat-houses on the seashore.
There are lazy-beds in the area especially upon the higher slopes to the west.
These townships were probably depopulated by Mr Rainy of Edinburgh, who bought the island of Raasay in 1846, sending large numbers of the inhabitants abroad, and to Rona (Information from Miss Nicholson, 'Eilean Tigh', Raasay and from Mr Macleod, shoemaker, Clachan, Raasay).
Visited by OS (A S P) 12 June 1961

Fifteen unroofed buildings and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xxiv). Nineteen unroofed buildings and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1988).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 October 1996

An Archaeological Survey of the townships of North & South Screapadal, with a survey of the surrounding area, on Raasay was undertaken by ACFA in 1998.

Feature 1: House. This house is the highest one in the settlement of North Screapadal. It is a ruinous dry stone structure built across the slope, lying on a north to south axis. It measures 10.10 m by 4 m internally, with wall width between 0.9 and 1.0 m. It is of two-leafrandom rubble construction with large basal stones. The south east comer is built over extremely large boulders to compensate for the slope. The west wall is revetted into the hill for mo·st of its length. Its comers are rounded exttmally but almost right-angled internally. There is an entrance, 1.10 m wide, in the east wall facing the sea, and 2.0 m from the south east comer. The walls stand to a maximum 1.5m internally. In spite of the internal tumble the ground level at the south end seems lower than that at the north end. No internal features were noted. This is presumed to be a small house. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2009 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 5798 4444 (13m by 15m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG54SE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	PORTREE

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