Monument record 7721 - Scaliscro

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Corn drying kiln

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Grid reference NB 13203 27313 (point)
Map sheet NB12NW
Private Estate Scaliscro, Uig, Lewis
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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Surrounding Land Status code - C

An interesting example of a square corn drying kiln in good condition. This is part of the pre-clearance settlement depicted on the 6"1st edition Ordnance Survey map sheet (1851-53) & annotated 'Tighe Iain Oig'.
K.Murphy (Archaeologist CnES) 20/04/2022


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.

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Apr 20 2022 4:42PM

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