Monument record 3121 - DAIL BHO DHEAS, LEWIS

NB46SE 27.00 centred on 486 614

NB46SE 27.01 NB 4860 6120 Buildings; Enclosures; Field-system
NB46SE 27.02 NB 4860 6148 Crofting Township
NB46SE 27.03 NB 4863 6200 Buildings; Field-walls
NB46SE 27.04 NB 4845 6181 Structure
NB46SE 27.05 NB 4860 6140 Crofting Township

The development of the area can be seen in a comparison between the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1853, sheet 3) and the current edition of the OS 1:10000 maps.
The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map shows a linear crofting township whch may have replaced earlier more scattered settlements probably represented by small ruins within the crofting field-system.
The first linear crofting township would appear to have been replaced by a second and new crofting system positioned along the former head-dyke depicted on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map. Four buildings adjacent to and built into the head-dyke are shown on the 1st edition of the Os 6-inch map and may be the beginings of this replacement crofting township.
The area to the S of the head-dyke may represent an earlier township or a contemporary development of common land by enclosure, similar to that at Arnol.
This re-development and replacement of the crofting township is repeated at other township sites in Lewis such as Arnol and Bragar.
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 16 June 1997.