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MHG66470 - Clearance stone alignments - Holoman, Raasay

Summary

Stone rickles about 40m long run west from the corner of the complex.

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A township comprising five roofed buildings, one partially roofed long building, five unroofed buildings, four enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye 1879, sheet xxx). One roofed, twelve unroofed buildings, three enclosures, a sheepfold and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1989).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 4 November 1996

The survey of Oskaig and Holoman was carried out by ACFA in April 1995 as part of a continuing survey of the Island of Raasay.
Holoman
Centred on this grid reference are a complex of structures covering an area of 70m by 25m:
Rickles of stone 40m long.
Rickle of stone 25m long.
Area of rig between the rickles. <1>

A complex of structures covering an area of some 70m x 25m north to south, was constructed over earlier buildings for the fishing activities which were carried out in the 19th century at Holoman. It falls into two parts with a passageway between.

Feature 14. Two stone rickles about 40m long run west from the corner of the complex. The ground between them is cleared of stone. An area to the south of the lines is uncleared while to the north is a five-rig field formed by another stone rickle 25m long (Feature 15).
Feature 16 This curved stone rickle, along with Feature 15, encloses a small triangular cleared field. <2>

NGR adjusted based on 2010 vertical aerial photographs. <3>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 5514 4015 (89m by 75m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG54SE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	PORTREE

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