Monument record 3128 - UPPER BARVAS, LEWIS

Summary

Townships, farmsteads, buildings and fields shown on 1st ed OS map 1853

Location

Grid reference NB 36020 51030 (point)
Map sheet NB35SE
Island Lewis
Parish BARVAS, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

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.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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