Monument record 7365 - Aird Uig

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Cairn,possible burial

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Grid reference NB 04975 38771 (point)
Map sheet NB03NW
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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4: NB 0492 3870
Cairn
this cairn measures 3m by 2.5m and appears to have a bank running from it for 10m in a westerly direction. It stands up to 0.5m in height. Small stones can be see to be eroding out from thetop of the monument.
Burgess 1996, 24
NB there is a discrepancy between the grid references given by the Uig Landscape Survey (above) and by the Coastal Erosion Assessment, so the precise location is unclear. MML 23.1.2008


Christopher Burgess and Michael Church, 1996, Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1 (Unpublished document).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

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

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: Burgess, Christopher & Church, Michael. 1997. Coastal Erosion Assessment, Lewis. A Report for Historic Scotland.
  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess and Michael Church. 1996. Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1.

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Record last edited

Mar 4 1999 12:00AM

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