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MHG66485 - House/byre - Holoman, Raasay

Summary

The remains of a much older house or byre.

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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
Sub-rectangular structure, only half remains. <1>

Feature 25. This feature lies to the east of Feature 26 and is the remains of a much older house or byre. Only the east half remains but it appears to have been sub rectangular with rounded corners. The remains of the walling show that it was constructed of large boulders with some drystone walling, all now covered in moss and bracken and only surviving to a height of 0.5m. There is a small drainage ditch which runs around the outside of the north wall. There is an entrance in the north wall and a flat stone slab has been placed over the ditch at this point. The north west end of this feature has been totally destroyed and can no longer be traced. It is possible it is the predecessor of house 26. Lying close to the north of feature 25 among some reeds may be the very faint remains of some rough shelters. <2>

NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 vertical aerial photographs. <3>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 5516 4029 (9m by 12m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG54SE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	PORTREE

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