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Desk Based Assessment

Date 1968

Event ID 641332

Category Recording

Type Desk Based Assessment

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/641332

HU34NE 1 3953 4753.

(HU 3952 4733) Castle (GT) (Ruins of) Castle Holm (TI)

OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed. (1903)

The remains of a possible 12th century stone castle stand on an islet in Loch Strom (W D Simpson 1950). The castle measured 18' 4" by 21' 3", over walls from 3' 5" to 4' 6" thick, At the NW angle the remains are still 10' high. Further east are the foundations of other buildings. The islet is connected to the west shore by a causeway, now ruinous and submerged. (Anderson 1873)

RCAHMS 1946

Information from Ordnance Survey Index Card.

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