Holm, Inverness
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Holm is a small residential area in the south of the city of Inverness
, Scotland
. Holm is middle English and Norse, meaning "low lying land next to water". The area lies East of the River Ness
.
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
.
Post Office facilities.
As is the case in the rest of the City, a bus service is provided by Stagecoach
. Buses to & from the City centre run approximately every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday and hourly on Sundays. Dores Road at Holm will soon be the site of the City's 4th Tesco
store along with associated facilities. Building work began on Monday the 7th of March 2011. The company forecasts a construction period of 4 months, with the new superstore opening in July. As well as the main shop the site will include a filling station & car wash, GP
surgery, community centre, 4 smaller retail units and a public square. There will be over 250 car parking spaces and the development is to be landscaped to include trees and green spaces, with a view to maintaining the current appearance of the area.
excavated two Early Bronze Age
short cist
s and several outlying undated features at Holm Mains located to the south-west of Inverness. The larger of these cists contained a male individual lying on his left side placed in a crouched position. Accompanying this burial were two barbed and tanged arrowhead
s, ten other lithics
tools and the fragments of a finely decorated beaker
pot.
The other investigated cist was, by contrast, in a much poorer state of preservation. It also contained an adult male. The burial was accompanied only with a single beaker pot. The other features, comprising pits and ditches, located near the cists produced no artefacts to aid with dating.
The cists uncovered at Holm Mains are part of a group centred in the Culduthel area near the site of the Inverness Royal Academy
. The absence of any modern excavations in this area hampered the understanding of this prehistoric landscape. The present work provides a secure context through which to view the older discoveries. The picture which is emerging from the disparate pieces is of a remarkably rich prehistoric landscape in the Culduthel area.
Inverness
Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. Holm is middle English and Norse, meaning "low lying land next to water". The area lies East of the River Ness
River Ness
The River Ness is a river flowing from Loch Ness in Scotland, north to Inverness and the Moray Firth. On a hill above the river in Inverness stands Inverness Castle. The river is overlooked by the Eden Court Theatre, one of the largest theatres in Scotland. St. Andrews Cathedral also lies along...
.
The most prominent structure in the vicinity is the Holm Mills. The mill is known for its contribution to the Caledonian Canal
Caledonian Canal
The Caledonian Canal is a canal in Scotland that connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William. It was constructed in the early nineteenth century by engineer Thomas Telford, and is a sister canal of the Göta Canal in Sweden, also constructed by...
, 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
Electrical substation
A substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system. Substations transform voltage from high to low, or the reverse, or perform any of several other important functions...
is sited on Dores Road and this facility serves most of Inverness
Inverness
Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...
.
Local Services, Public Transport and Upcoming Developments
On Dores Road there is a small convenience shop which includes Royal MailRoyal Mail
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Post Office facilities.
As is the case in the rest of the City, a bus service is provided by Stagecoach
Stagecoach Group
Stagecoach Group plc is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams, express coaches and ferries. The group was founded in 1980 by the current chairman, Sir Brian Souter, his sister, Ann Gloag, and her former husband Robin...
. Buses to & from the City centre run approximately every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday and hourly on Sundays. Dores Road at Holm will soon be the site of the City's 4th Tesco
Tesco
Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...
store along with associated facilities. Building work began on Monday the 7th of March 2011. The company forecasts a construction period of 4 months, with the new superstore opening in July. As well as the main shop the site will include a filling station & car wash, GP
General practitioner
A general practitioner is a medical practitioner who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. They have particular skills in treating people with multiple health issues and comorbidities...
surgery, community centre, 4 smaller retail units and a public square. There will be over 250 car parking spaces and the development is to be landscaped to include trees and green spaces, with a view to maintaining the current appearance of the area.
Holm Mains Farm- Archaeological discoveries
Headland ArchaeologyHeadland Archaeology
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excavated two Early Bronze Age
Prehistoric Scotland
Archaeology and geology continue to reveal the secrets of prehistoric Scotland, uncovering a complex and dramatic past before the Romans brought Scotland into the scope of recorded history...
short cist
Cist
A cist from ) is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead. Examples can be found across Europe and in the Middle East....
s and several outlying undated features at Holm Mains located to the south-west of Inverness. The larger of these cists contained a male individual lying on his left side placed in a crouched position. Accompanying this burial were two barbed and tanged arrowhead
Arrowhead
An arrowhead is a tip, usually sharpened, added to an arrow to make it more deadly or to fulfill some special purpose. Historically arrowheads were made of stone and of organic materials; as human civilization progressed other materials were used...
s, ten other lithics
Lithic Technology
In archeology, lithic technology refers to a broad array of techniques and styles to produce usable tools from various types of stone. The earliest stone tools were recovered from modern Ethiopia and were dated to between two-million and three-million years old...
tools and the fragments of a finely decorated beaker
Beaker culture
The Bell-Beaker culture , ca. 2400 – 1800 BC, is the term for a widely scattered cultural phenomenon of prehistoric western Europe starting in the late Neolithic or Chalcolithic running into the early Bronze Age...
pot.
The other investigated cist was, by contrast, in a much poorer state of preservation. It also contained an adult male. The burial was accompanied only with a single beaker pot. The other features, comprising pits and ditches, located near the cists produced no artefacts to aid with dating.
The cists uncovered at Holm Mains are part of a group centred in the Culduthel area near the site of the Inverness Royal Academy
Inverness Royal Academy
Inverness Royal Academy is a secondary school located in the Culduthel area of Inverness, Highland, Scotland.- Catchment area :...
. The absence of any modern excavations in this area hampered the understanding of this prehistoric landscape. The present work provides a secure context through which to view the older discoveries. The picture which is emerging from the disparate pieces is of a remarkably rich prehistoric landscape in the Culduthel area.