Monument record 987 - SCALAVAT 2, USINISH, SOUTH UIST

NF83SW 4 8431 3330.

At the top of a gully amongst the tumbled stones at the foot of the talus under the cliff, some 30 yards NW of the earthouse (NF83SW 2 ) are further ruins, among which were"several beehive cells " (6' dia, walls remain 2'6" high) A lintelled passage, 2'6" high x 1'4" wide x 3' long, led to a chamber formed by a huge rock slab 17' x 7' x 4' fallen from the cliff and by dry stone walling.
RCAHMS 1928.

The chamber (underground) with lintelled passage described above were located at c.NF 8431 3330. Only two associated features were located: the northermost one, in the west side of which an opening forms the entrance to the souterrain, is D-shaped, measuring 5.5m x 4.0m, with walls which appear to be corbelled; the second feature is an enclosure c.5.0 diameter.
Surveyed at 1:10560.
No other remains were seen amongst the tumbeld boulders which litter the site.
Visited by OS (E G C) 15 May 1965.

RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 116-18, Nos. 395 and 396 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.