Monument record 3415 - LOCH MHEACLEIT, Aird, Uig, Lewis

NB03NW 13 0464 3680

NB 050 360 In spring 1995 a team from the Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh carried out fieldwork in a 1000 hectare area between Uig sands and Aird Uig in Uig parish. The presence of the large machair area around UIg sands within this survey area lead to the examination of the state of coastal erosion not only on the machair but also along the cliff areas to the N and W along the Aird Uig Peninsula.
NB 0646 3680 Crannog.
A full report will be lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsors: Department of Archaeology (University of Edinburgh), Russell Trust, Council for British Archaeology, Archaeology Society, University of Edinburgh.
C Burgess and M Church 1995.

47: NB 0467 3673
Artificial island/crannog
this artificial island is completely submerged in the northwest corner of Loch Mheacleit. A causeway can be seen to the west of the site though it is heavily silted up. This site consists mosly of small irregular rocks and stones and measures 11m in diameter. Several islands in this loch are modified by humans though all appear to be modern features.
Burgess & Church 1996, 32

C and M Burgess and Church, 1995, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 111 (Bibliographic reference). SWE38881.

Christopher Burgess and Michael Church, 1996, Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1 (Unpublished document). SWE41181.