Monument record 3074 - HABOST, LEWIS

Summary

Centred on NB 5200 6300, township shown on 1st ed OS map 1853

Location

Grid reference NB 52000 63000 (point)
Map sheet NB56SW
Island Lewis
Parish BARVAS, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NB56SW 24.00 centred on 5200 6300

NB56SW 24.01 5190 6353 Buildings; Boundary Dyke; Structures
NB56SW 24.02 5165 6335 Buildings; Boundary Dyke; Structures
NB56SW 24.03 5137 6340 Farmstead; Boundary Dyke
NB56SW 24.04 5202 6384 Building

A crofting township, comprising forty-six roofed, three partially roofed, annotated as a ruin, and six unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1853, sheet 3). The boundary dykes may be fragments of the crofts (NB56SW 24.01, 24.02, 24.03). A more extensive crofting township and field-system is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1992).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 23 June 1997.

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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