Monument record 3956 - FIVE PENNY BORVE, LEWIS

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Pre-Clearance township shown on 1st ed OS map 1853

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Grid reference NB 40630 56700 (point)
Map sheet NB45NW
Island Lewis
Parish BARVAS, Western Isles

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NB45NW 48.02 4063 5670

Formerly NB45NW 53.

A township, comprising four unroofed buildings annotated 'Ruin', two large conjoined enclosures and a small circular enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Isle of Lewis Ross-shire 1853, sheet 5). Two roofed, six unroofed buildings, pecked outline for the two large conjoined enclosures shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974). The township has been overlain by a crofting field-system (see NB45NW 48.07).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 10 January 1997.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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