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MHG66405 - House - South Screapadal

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A sub-rectangular building with rounded comers measuring 13.9m long and 3.8m wide at the north end and 3.lm at the south end.

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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 12; House. A sub-rectangular building with rounded comers measuring 13.9m long and 3.8m wide at the north end and 3.lm at the south end. The building slopes from south to north. The walls are of dry stone construction and have an inner and outer skin. They measure 0.8m wide and reach a height of 0.8m. The southeast outside comer is constructed from 3 large squared stones. There is one entrance 1m wide situated in the east wall. There is a possible lintel for a drain situated in the north gable at ground level. There are no discernible internal features. Lying to the west and situated between Features 12 and 13 is a bank 10m long and 2.3m wide. <1>

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

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Grid reference	Centred NG 5813 4424 (7m by 17m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG54SE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	PORTREE

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