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Skye, Totscore
Building (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Totscore
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 349704
Site Number NG36NE 17.02
NGR NG 38009 65642
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/349704
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmuir
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (11 June 2015)
NG 38009 65642 Modernised thatched cottage, currently let out as holiday accomodation. The roof is thatched in what appears to be either reed or straw and has a continuous thatched ridge. The ridge has a single row of horizontal scobing made from metal. The entire roof has been netted, using a particularly large gauge wire net, which has been weighted along the ridge using stones secured to the netting by wire. In some places, the thatch has deteriorated somewhat and where this is particularly bad, additional wire netting has been placed horizontally across the thatch to try and keep the thatch in place. In addition to some of the thatch being loose in places, the thatch has also compacted in others. There is also a small amount of mossy vegetation growth on the surface of the thatch in places, however, this is not extensive.
Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 11 June 2015, survey no.105
