Monument record 6331 - Garenin

Summary

Blackhouse

Location

Grid reference NB 19209 44266 (point)
Map sheet NB14SE
Island Lewis
Township Gearranan, Uig, Western Isles
Parish UIG, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Surrounding Land Status code - C

Structure 1 sits immediately to the north of the bay at Garenin, 20m to the south of structure 2 (smr no 6332). Measuring 20m by 6.5m, the structure is oriented soutwest-northeast, and had a small barn on its west side. Attached to this barn is a further subsidiary structure of unclear purpose.
Burgess 1995, 8

189:
croft house
The last occupied settlement on croft 1 consists of a croft house with 3 adjoining ancillary structures and one separate ancillary structure 10m to the west. To the south, west and east of the main structre, eight well-defined lazy beds may be seen oriented to face south. To the west of the structure a complex series of drains carries water away from the uphill side of the croft house and also from the byre.
Burgess 1995, 76


Christopher Burgess, 1995, Garenin Landscape Survey: interim report 1a 1994-1995 (Unpublished document). SWE41175.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess. 1995. Garenin Landscape Survey: interim report 1a 1994-1995.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Jul 9 1999 12:00AM

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