Monument record 1214 - BAILE-LINGAY, PABBAY

NF88NE 5 centred on 892 874

(NF 894 874) Baile-Lingay: 'Lingay-town' - is a hamlet which was deserted between 1850 and 1877.
Name Book 1877

This depopulated village is entred at NF 892 874. It comprises the remains of 44 buildings, 4 of which contain corn-drying kilns; 16 enclosures, some attached to the buildings; and several old field walls in association with an extensive area of lazy-bed cultivation. The buildings are of 'black-house' type with rounded corners, and vary in size from 13.2 x 4.5m to 5.7 x 3.7m internally, with walls 1.5m wide and extant to a maximum height of 1.6m in places. The buildings in the area 889 871, appear to be the oldest, as only grass-covered footings remain. Visited by OS (R B) 29 June 1965

A township and a farmstead are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Island of Harris 1881, sheet xxi).The township comprises twenty-four unroofed buildings, three of which are L-shaped, three enclosures and a head-dyke. The farmstead (NF 900 885) comprises two unroofed buildings, one of which is L-shaped and the other is attached to the head-dyke.
Thirty-four unroofed buildings, nine enclosures and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 20 March 1997

The defining feature of this township is that its location is on the north side of the Lingay River which demarcates the two townlands on the island. Current AP's show a linear grouping of ruins with a smaller cluster of ruins to the north. While both groups show black house type structures, different design styles are clear and by inference are likely to indicate different periods. This township is also depicted on Balds Map of Harris (1805).
KM (Archaeology Service CnES)

William Bald, 1805, Map of Harris (Cartographic materials). SWE41213.

Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 5, 134 (Unpublished document). SWE4254.