Monument record 6335 - Garenin

Surrounding Land Status code - C

NB14NE 4 1927 5411

NB 1950 4400 Based in and around the village of Garenin, the Garenin Landscape Survey carried out its second season of fieldwork during September 1995. Excavations were carried out on six sites that were discovered during the previous season's fieldwalking.
GLS191/95 NB 1925 4513 Illicit still. This site was missed during the first season's fieldwalking. Identified as a still when local knowledge suggested that a second such site could be found in the immediate vicinity of GLS02/95 (NB14NE 2), it was decided to excavate a small area within the structure to examine stilling technology and gather dating and environmental evidence to compare to the first still.
Excavation revealed that the structure is of turf construction and indeed has all the features of GLS02/95. Differences were noted, including that the fire pit was offset to one side of the structure and that the two drains running from the fire pit run side by side rather than on top of each other. Dateable samples and artefacts (similar to those found on GLS02/95) were recovered.
Sponsors: Garenin Trust, Department of Archaeology (University of Edinburgh), Russell Trust, Society of Antiquities, Scotland.
C Burgess and S Gilmour 1995.
REPORT DATE: 14/02/2005

Burgess, Christopher & Church, Michael, 1997, Coastal Erosion Assessment, Lewis. A Report for Historic Scotland (Bibliographic reference). SWE41000.