Monument record 7650 - Griminish township boundary (march-dyke)

A long, heather-covered turf and stone bank, aligned north-west to south-east and continuing out of area both to north and east, extends across the eastern side of the survey area. The eastern part of the dyke is coincident with the deer-fence which marks the WGS area. The bank is spread up to 3m wide and stands up to 0.8m high. A second length of dyke, joining with and seemingly built against the main head-dyke, extended to the east.
Lowe & Dalland 1998, 4 (site 1)

NF77SW 35 from From NF 7406 7510 7412 7495 to 7523 7406

A heather-covered, turf and stone boundary dyke, extending NW from the Abhainn Eik, was recorded between NF 7412 7495 to NF 7523 7406 during a pre-afforestation survey of Beinn Riabhach, North Uist. The dyke is spread up to 3m in width and stands up to 0.8m in height. A second length of dyke, adjoining the first at NF 7424 7472, appears to be a later re-alignment of the boundary and still forms part of the modern field pattern. This latter dyke, which possibly marks the march to Griminish continues northwards, beyond the survey area over Knock Foshigary and then NW towards the coast. On the E, the dyke continues for another 900m before turning N, to the W end of Loch Eik.
There is a quarry, measuring 15m by 13m and up to 2m deep, some 50m to the S of the public road situated just to the W of this second stretch of dyke, at NF 7424 7490.
C Lowe and M Dalland (Headland Archaeology) 16 December 1998; NMRS MS 889/145, nos.1-2

REPORT DATE: 25/02/2000

Christopher Lowe & Magnar Dalland, 1998, Pre-afforestation survey: Beinn Riabhach, North Uist (Unpublished document). SWE41001.