Monument record 1206 - LOCH NAN GEIREANN, NORTH UIST
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | NF 84650 72780 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NF87SW |
| Island | North Uist |
| Parish | NORTH UIST, Western Isles |
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Full Description
NF87SW 5 8465 7278.
(NF 8465 7278) The outline of a circular building, about 24ft in diameter over walls c. 3-4ft thick, can be traced on a rocky peninsula (originally an island) on the east side of Geireann Mill Loch.
The remains of a causeway joining it to the shore are visible on what is now a low sandy ridge. Several fragments of pottery and a hammerstone were found.
E Beveridge 1911.
The circular building on the former peninsula, now again an island, is now but a circular heather-covered depression about 5.0m in diameter by 0.3m deep. There is no trace of a stone causeway, or of any walling around the island, which can still be reached by the sandy ridge mentioned by Beveridge.
Visited by OS (R D) 21 June 1965.
Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 222 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SWE12876 Bibliographic reference: Erskine Beveridge. 1911. North Uist: its archaeology and topography. 222.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM
