Monument record 4249 - ABHAINN OS NAM BREAC, LEWIS

Summary

Structure shown on 1st ed. OS map, surviving as a short length of wall

Location

Grid reference NB 05400 36590 (point)
Map sheet NB03NE
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

NB03NE 45 0540 3659

One unroofed structure attached to a length of wall is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1854, sheet 16). A short length of wall is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 19 September 1997.

51: NB 0538 3660
Dyke
Constructed of turf and stone, this wlal runs for 70m along the south side of a modern boundary fence (marked on the modern OS 1:10000 map). Stone faced on the east side, the wall is 1.5m wide.
Burgess & Church 1996, 33


Christopher Burgess and Michael Church, 1996, Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1 (Unpublished document).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

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess and Michael Church. 1996. Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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