Monument record 897 - FOSHIGARY, NORTH UIST

NF77NW 11 centred on 7426 7630

(NF 743 763) Foshigary : settlement, depopulated by 1881.
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 1st ed., (19881)

The settlement is mentioned as early as 1429, and was cleared in the late 1820's.
Information from MS, I A Crawford (Contributions to a History of Settlement in North Uist)

There are the foundations of at least eighteen buildings in the area centred at NF 7426 7630. They range from 11.0 x 5.0m to 4.5 x 3.0m and are in association with enclosure.
The majority are bounded by turf-covered walls, the best-preserved having a maximum height of 1.0m
Visited by OS (J T T) 19 June 1965

Thirteen unroofed buildings and two enclosures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Hebrides, North Uist & Harris 1882, sheet xxxi). Seven unroofed buildings and an enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 April 1997

I A Crawford, 1965a, Scot Stud, 54-7 plan: fig. 1 (Bibliographic reference). SWE2130.

D G Hurst, 1967, Post-medieval Archaeol, 110 (Bibliographic reference). SWE33357.