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MHG66398 - House - South Screapadal

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A sub-rectangular building measuring 8.8m x 3.6m lying east to west.

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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 7; House. A sub-rectangular building measuring 8.8m x 3.6m lying east to west. The walls are of dry stone construction, have an inner and outer skin and measure 0.9m thick and 1.3m at their highest point. There is an entrance 0.7m wide in the north wall with a possible bar hole in the west side. There is evidence of a possible window on the west side of the door but due to partial collapse of the wall at this point it cannot be confirmed. The house has rounded comers both internally and externally. There are no discernible internal features. The house is situated at right-angles to Feature 6 and is connected to it by a length of rough boulder walling 4m long. <1>

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

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Grid reference	Centred NG 5815 4426 (12m by 12m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG54SE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	PORTREE

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