Monument record 6829 - Toll a Roimh, Garbh Eilean

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Promontory site, oval building foundations

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Grid reference Centred NG 41983 98651 (128m by 76m)
Map sheet NG49NW
Island Garbh Eilean, Shiants
Parish LOCHS, Western Isles

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Possible mediaeval building foundations: two denuded building foundations measuring approximately 8 x 6m, and 6 x 4m respectively, lie on gently sloping grassland at the NE tip of Garbh Eilean. Nearby to the SW and joined to one foundation by a low stone bank is a small square 2 c 2m enclosure conjoined to a circular cell 2.5m dia. of similar condition and age. The headland on which the foundations lie has rich fertile soil, and large 1m high by 3m wide lazy beds cover an area of about 0.4 ha. Pers. obs. and rept. Duncan Ross, Poyntzfield Herb Nursery, Black Isle, By
Dingwall, Ross & Cromarty IV7 8LX 13. 8. 99

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Record last edited

Sep 6 1999 12:00AM

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