Monument record 7172 - Timsgarry

Summary

Corn Drying Kiln, Enclosure

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Grid reference Centred NB 04990 33278 (11m by 15m)
Map sheet NB03SW
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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NB 0503 3328 5 metres OD
Enclosure
This unusual oval structure with one main chamber and a pile of stones at its north end which may represent a cell measures 7.0 x 11.0 metres with walls up to 1.0 metres high and 1.5 - 2.0 metres thick. This site overlooks the shore end of the causeway to Dun Borranish.
Field walking 07.4.95
Burgess and Church 1996, 81

A visual inspection of this structure indicated that it is almost certainly the remains of a corn drying kiln.
KM (Arch Service) 04/03/2026


Christopher Burgess and Michael Church, 1996, Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1 (Unpublished document).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

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  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess and Michael Church. 1996.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

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Mar 6 2026 3:11PM

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