Monument record 4243 - Tigh Steidhseal, Aird, Uig, LEWIS

NB03NW 11 0480 3524

A farmstead comprising one unroofed building, which is annotated as a Ruin and has an attached enclosure, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 23). The unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 27 August 1997

121: NB 0480 3520
blackhouse
Situated on a hilltop near grazing and cultivated land (to the east) this structure measures 16m north-south and 5m east - west. It is constructed of turf and stone. An internal division can be seen near the south end of the site. To the west of the north end of the monument is an area of disturbed ground that may represent further structures related to the main house.
Burgess and Church 1996, 45

Christopher Burgess and Michael Church, 1996, Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1 (Unpublished document).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