Holm, Inverness
The most prominent structure in the vicinity is the Holm Mills. The mill is known for its contribution to the Caledonian Canal, by weaving a cloth to prevent the embankments from leaking. Until recently, tartan was still being woven in the original building. The premises are now a shop and visitor centre.
A building occupied by Dick Precast Concrete is situated slightly south of Holm Mills. Additionally a large electrical substation is sited on Dores Road and this facility serves most of Inverness.
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Holm Mains Farm - Archaeological discoveries
Two Early Bronze Age short cists and several outlying undated features have been excavated at Holm Mains located to the south-west of Inverness. The larger cist contained a crouched male inhumation lying on his left side. Accompanying this burial were two barbed and tanged arrowheads, ten other lithics and the fragments of a finely decorated beaker pot.
The other cist also contained an adult male, in a much poorer state of preservation, accompanied by a beaker pot. The cists uncovered at Holm Mains are part of a group of sites centred on the Culduthel area near the site of the Inverness Royal Academy, disparate pieces of a remarkably rich prehistoric landscape.
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57°27′29″N 4°14′27″W / 57.4581°N 4.2408°W
References
- ^ "Loch Ness and the Loch Ness Area Facts". Archived from the original on 23 October 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2006.
- ^ Brown, G (2003)'Holm Mains Farm, Inverness (Inverness & Bona parish), short cists',Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, 4, p. 87
- ^ "Drumdevan | Canmore".
- ^ http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/canmore.newcandig_details_gis?inumlink=268936