Monument record 2993 - AIRIGH GHLAS, LEWIS

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Shielings and settlement mounds shown 1st ed 1853 and current OS maps

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Grid reference NB 50150 59680 (point)
Map sheet NB55NW
Island Lewis
Parish BARVAS, Western Isles

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NB55NW 44 5015 5968

What may be six unroofed shieling-huts annotated 'ruins' are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1853, sheet 3). Two unroofed buildings which may be shieling-huts and two features annotated as mound are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 25 June 1997.

19 - Shielings - Local importance.
Lewis Wind Farm Proposals, Chapter 14, Appendix 14C, Page 6

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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