Monument record 4210 - Tigh Cul Totar, Croulastadh, Uig, LEWIS
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NB 0437 3472 (point) |
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Map sheet | NB03SW |
Island | Lewis |
Parish | UIG, Western Isles |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
NB03SW 45 043 347
A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one of which is annotated as a Ruin and has an attached two compartment enclosure, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 23). What may be two unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:1000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 28 August 1997
178: NB 0438 3472
Blackhouse
this blackhouse is of stone construction and measures 15m west- east and 8m north - south. No internal divisions can be seen within the structure, but two D-shaped enclosures can be seen on the exterior of the building. The first is situated at the east en dof the north wall and measures 10m east - west and 3m north - south. The second is situated at the west end of the south wall and measures 5m west - east and 4m notrth - south. An entrance leasds from each of these enclosures into the interior of the main structure.
Burgess & Church 1996, 55
Christopher Burgess and Michael Church, 1996, Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1 (Unpublished document). SWE41181.
Burgess, Christopher & Church, Michael, 1997, Coastal Erosion Assessment, Lewis. A Report for Historic Scotland (Bibliographic reference). SWE41000.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM