Monument record 6895 - Bagh an Acaire, North Uist

Summary

Ruinous black house

Location

Grid reference NF 76502 74754 (point)
Map sheet NF77SE
Island North Uist
Parish NORTH UIST, Western Isles

Map

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Full Description

rectilinear structure with wquared internal and rounded external corners, oriented NE-SW, measuring 15m by 7.5m over double-faced boulder walls 1-1.5m wide by up to 0.6m high; entrance, 0.8m wide, lies 2m from NE corner on SE wall; featureless interior. Several external features are present; a 1m wide platform with a distinct outer face lies immediately beside the NE wall, and is probably part of a foundation stance for the building; a possible boulder alignment springs from the centre of the NE wall and runs eastwards for c. 8m; a second boulder alignment 7m long springs SE from the SE wall c. 0.5m SW of the entrance. A distinct linear hollow 11m long, 1m wide and 0.5m deep, running beside the SE wall between the two boulder alignments, is probably a drain.
Dunwell 1998


Andrew Dunwell, 1998, Vallay Strand Project 1995-7 (Unpublished document). SWE41015.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Andrew Dunwell. 1998. Vallay Strand Project 1995-7.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 2 2000 12:00AM

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