Monument record 3851 - BORNISH HOUSE

Summary

Township shown on Bold's map 1805, perhaps in error

Location

Grid reference NF 73620 30040 (point)
Map sheet NF73SW
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

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Full Description

NF73SW 12 7362 3004

NF 7362 3004 A group of four small trenches were excavated in February 1995 to ascertain whether the site of Bornish House was the location of the medieval and post-medieval settlement of Upper Bornish. Large quantities of 19th-20th century refuse were found in three of the four trenches but only one trench (Trench 3), located immediately N of the present farmhouse, produced evidence for earlier activity. This consisted of a single small sherd of medieval/prehistoric pottery and several small sherds of probable early post-medieval pottery. In the light of these results it appears that the concentration of pre-clearance settlement at Bornish House, as shown on the Bold Map of 1805, is in error. The ruins of many houses S of the road, between the church and the hall, probably constitute this pre-clearance settlement. Whether its medieval precursor was a dispersed or nucleated settlement (Dodgson 1993) is unknown. A medieval building has been discovered at Dun Vulan; other possible locatoins for medieval settlement are the dun in Upper Loch Bornish and the site of the 19th century tacksman's house between Bornish House and Bornish Church.
M Parker Pearson and T Roper 1995.


R A Dodgson, 1993, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 419-438 (Bibliographic reference). SWE30924.

M and T Parker Pearson and Rop, 1995, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 109 (Bibliographic reference). SWE38863.

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: R A Dodgson. 1993. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 123. 419-438. 419-438.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: M and T Parker Pearson and Rop. 1995. Discovery and Excavation, Scotland. 109. 109.

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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