Monument record 7163 - Rubha Linis, Uig, Lewis

Summary

Field system

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Grid reference NB 05323 32765 (point)
Map sheet NB03SE
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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NB 0545 3290 10 metres OD
Cultivation
Hand dug lazy beds cover much of Gob Rhub Linish peninsula.
Field walking 07.4.95
Burgess and Church 1996, 83

The entire promontory from Totarol soutwards was found to be covered by the prominent earthen banks of runrig relict strip cultivation.
Fyles 2006, 12


Christopher Burgess and Michael Church, 1996, Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1 (Unpublished document).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

Chris Fyles, SUAT Ltd, 2006, Archaeological Walkover Survey, Gisla, Isle of Lewis (Unpublished document). SWE41200.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess and Michael Church. 1996. Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1.
  • --- Unpublished document: Chris Fyles, SUAT Ltd. 2006. Archaeological Walkover Survey, Gisla, Isle of Lewis.

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Record last edited

Apr 14 2008 3:45PM

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