Monument record 2384 - TOLM, TARANSAY, HARRIS

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Centred on NB 043 025, pre-Clearance township on 1st ed. OS map 1881

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Grid reference NB 04300 02500 (point)
Map sheet NB00SW
Island Taransay
Parish HARRIS, Western Isles

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NB00SW 8 centred on 043 025

"..It appears to have been formerly inhabited by tenants, a number of the ruins of their houses are still to the fore.."
Name Book 1881

A township comprising eight unroofed buildings and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Island of Harris 1881, sheet xii). Ten unroofed buildings and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 21 February 1997

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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