Monument record 964 - CASTLE CALVAY, CALVAY
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | NF 81750 18110 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NF81NW |
| Island | Calvay, South Uist |
| Parish | SOUTH UIST, Western Isles |
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Full Description
NF81NW 1 8175 1811.
(NF 8175 1811) Castle Calvay (O.E.) (In Ruins)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
Castle Calvay is situated on an islet separated only at high tide from Calvay Island, to which it is linked by a causeway. The fragmentary buildings, built aginst and incorporating the curtains, are of rough rubble in shell lime mortar. Slabs of stone are in some places bedded on edge. The average height of the walls in 1924 was 12ft. The date is indeterminate.
RCAHMS 1928.
The castle is generally as described and planned by RCAHMS but the causeway is no longer evident.
Surveyed at 1/10560.
Visited by OS (J T T) 13 May 1965.
RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 107, No. 369 plan, fig. 156, illust. fig 154 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.
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- --- SWE5587 Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1928. The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. 107, No. 369 plan, fig. 156, illust. fig 154.
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM
