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MHG66394 - House and byre - South Screapadal

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A large sub-rectangular building measuring 13.3m x 4.2m lying northwest to southeast.

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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 3; House & Byre. A large sub-rectangular building measuring 13.3m x 4.2m lying northwest to southeast. The walls are of dry stone construction, have an inner and outer skin and measure 0.9m thick and 1.2m at their highest point. The building is divided by an internal partition that is situated 5.8m from its northern end. It is set at right-angles to the west wall and is 3.3m long leaving a doorway 0.8m wide into the southern compartment. There is an enttance 0.8m wide in the east wall leading into the northern compartment. The house has rounded comers both internally and externally. There are no discernible internal features. At the southwest corner is a narrow drainage channel, which runs along the outside of the west wall. <1>

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

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Grid reference	Centred NG 5814 4429 (12m by 17m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG54SE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	PORTREE

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