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MHG66495 - Building - Holoman, Raasay

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The stone structure lies NE-SW measuring 8m x 4m internally with walls 0.7m and gables 0.9m thick.

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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.
Sub-rectangular structure 8m by 4m. <1>

To the east of the shore road to Holoman on the higher ground about 250m south east of the Old Manse, amid heather and boulders, a track of improved land has reverted to bracken, bog and its associated vegetation. In the south end of this area are the remains of a building and an enclosure, features 41 and 42 and further west two small enclosures, features 44 and 45.

Feature 41. The stone structure lies NE-SW measuring 8m x 4m internally with walls 0.7m and gables 0.9m thick. The walls are of two leaf construction lying on large basal boulders and, in parts, reaching 1.5m in six courses. The external comers are rounded and the internal ones right angled. A possible entrance occurs on the west wall 2m from the north corner with a large stone defining its north edge. Also on the west wall, a thin slab 0.6m above ground 2m from the south corner suggests a window 0.5m wide. A further feature is a possible cruck slot 0.15m wide in the east wall 2.5m from the NE comer. The inside contains tumble and no other features are visible. Around the south gable the sloping ground has been scarped forming a passage way over 1m wide, presumably for drainage purposes, but now filled with tumble. At the north gable of the house a less obvious ditch has been formed continuing as a drain for some 6m, again stone filled. Part of an iron pot 0.3m x 0.23m was found in feature 41. <2>

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

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Grid reference	Centred NG 5554 3968 (14m by 16m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG53NE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	PORTREE

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