Monument record 6900 - Bagh an Ackara, North Uist

Rectilinear structure with two phases of construction, at location of benchmark recorded on OS 1904 [ which was not located by field survey ] on summit of bedrock outcrop. In primary phase rectangular structure with squared internal and rounded external corners; entrance c. 0.8m wide located centrally on E wall; interior a chamber 4.5m N-S by 2.5m within double-faced boulder walls with an earth and stone core, surviving up to 0.6m high; interior face of S wall of upright slabs, indications of second chamber to S, but obscured by secondary shepherd's bothy comprising a semi-circular arc of drystone walling 0.6m wide and up to 1m high with a rough internal face revetted into rubble, enclosing an arc c. 1.5m across. Enclosure, lies to south of structure, measures 13m by 11m within a cobble bank spread to 1m wide and 0.4m high; to N enclosure is bounded by bedrock outcrop; possible entrance, 0.4m wide, on S side and defined by two upright boulders. The character of this site suggests that the building was originally a kiln-barn, with the kiln obscured by the bothy.
Dunwell 1997

Andrew Dunwell, 1998, Vallay Strand Project 1995-7 (Unpublished document).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