Monument record 3128 - UPPER BARVAS, LEWIS

NB35SE 53.01 3601 5103

A number of pre-improvement settlements are visible on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1853, sheet 8) within the arable area of Barvas.

(NB 3601 5103) A township, comprising seven unroofed buildings and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1853, sheet 8). Three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
(NB 3577 5200) What may be a township, comprising four unroofed buildings and one attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1853, sheet 8). Three unroofed buildings and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
(NB 3601 5031) A farmstead, comprising one unroofed building and one attached enclosure, and one unroofed structure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1853, sheet 8), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
(NB 3582 5016) A farmstead, comprising one unroofed building and one attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1853, sheet 8), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
(NB 3635 5144) A farmstead, comprising one unroofed building and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1853, sheet 8), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
(NB 3575 5150) A single unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1853, sheet 8), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).

Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 20 February 1997.