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MHG66390 - House and enclosure - South Screapadal

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A sub-rectangular building measuring 7.6m x 3.2m lies north west to south east. An irregularly shaped enclosure is attached to the north end of the house.

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

South Screapadal, separated from North Screapadal by An Leth-allt, comprises some 17 ruined houses.
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

Twelve unroofed buildings are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1881, sheet xxiv). Sixteen unroofed buildings 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 & Enclosure. A sub-rectangular building measuring 7.6m x 3.2m lies north west to south east. The walls are of dry stone construction, have an inner and outer skin and measure 0.9m thick and 1.3m high at the highest point. There is an entrance 1m wide in the east wall. The house has rounded comers at its north west end and square ones at its south east. There are no discernible internal features visible although there is a considerable amount of tumble. The house is situated at the edge of a steeply sloping hill which runs down to the shore. An irregularly shaped enclosure is attached to the north end of the house measuring 14m east west and 7.4m north south. It is constructed of turf and stone bank which is covered with grass with some stone still visible. The bank is 0.8m wide and 1m high. There is no visible entrance. <1>

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

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Grid reference	Centred NG 5815 4431 (28m by 23m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG54SE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	PORTREE

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