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Field Visit
Date 10 June 2015
Event ID 1011663
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1011663
NF 80097 55241 Late 19th/early 20th century cottage, listed as having a ‘muran thatch roof secured with ropes and modern bricks as weights’. The roof is now thatched in reed and has what appears to be a straw ridge, which has been scobed with hazel spars. The roof has been entirely netted, including across the ridge. The thatch is in a good condition, however, there are some pieces of dislodged thatch from the ridge that have fallen down the roof within the netting. The grid reference recorded for this building in the listing description and by Canmore is incorrect and identifies an empty piece of land in another part of the island (grid reference NF 80099 52242). These databases should be updated accordingly with the correct location as recorded here.
Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 10 June 2015, survey no.271
