Monument record 1207 - RUBHA GLAS, LOCH NAN GEIREANN, NORTH UIST
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NF 84300 74500 (point) |
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Map sheet | NF87SW |
Island | North Uist |
Parish | NORTH UIST, Western Isles |
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Full Description
NF87SW 6 centred on 843 745
(Centred : NF 843 745) Five buildings, roofless in 1880.
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 1st ed., (1880)
Grass or heather covered remains of one small enclosure and six rectangular or oval buildings, varying in size from 13.5m x 4.0m to 5.0m x 3.0m and all about 0.7m high with walls up to 1.2m thick.
The area is un-named and was depopulated in the mid-19th century. Visited by OS (R D) 18 June 1965
A township comprising five unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Hebrides, North Uist & Harris 1882, sheet xxxi) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971) with the addition of an incomplete enclosure.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 April 1997
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM