Monument record 4261 - ABHAINN MHOR, LEWIS

NB03SW 40 0042 3014

What may be two unroofed shieling-huts, which are annotated as Ruins, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 23). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 29 August 1997

Enclosure, habitational, curvilinear, drystone; date unknown Burgess & Church 1997, 65-66

Two structures located adjacent to steam and in a protected area just behind the coast. Western most structure is oval shaped appears to to be a relitively modern rebuild of an earlier structure. The structure to the east is a ruined sub rectangular sheiling type feature siting on a mound that may have had another structure on it originally. 50m north of this stucture is another mound comprising of loose stone poking through the grass; no descernible structure was apparent; however it was not clear if this was the site of a previous structure or just a natural feature.
KM 14/03/2026

Burgess, Christopher & Church, Michael, 1997, Coastal Erosion Assessment, Lewis. A Report for Historic Scotland (Bibliographic reference). SWE41000.

Burgess, Christopher & Church, Michael, 1997, Coastal Erosion Assessment, Lewis. A Report for Historic Scotland (Bibliographic reference). SWE41000.