Monument record 6338 - Fivig, Gearrannan, Carloway, Isle of Lewis

Surrounding Land Status code - A Recommended Action - Monitor

4: NB 1973 4503
Settlement
Much of the gently sloping valley floor is covered with well preserved rig and furrow standing up to 1.5m in height and up to 3m in breadth. Much of this cultivation runs from the valley sides to the Fivig burn, through there are small patches to the north and southeast that run parallel to the burn. At the edge of the valley on its north side is a stone enclosure of sub-oval shape oriented north-south and measuring 15m by 8m internally with an entrance at the north end and a possible hearth and chimney in the east wall. A small subsidiary chamber is built against the east end of the main structure. This D-shaped enclosure is partially collapsed on its east side and has a radius (sic - means diameter?) of 4m.
On the north side of the valley there are indications of severla turf covered enclosures that may indicate other habitational structures.
Burgess 1995, 4304

Christopher Burgess, 1995, Garenin Landscape Survey: interim report 1a 1994-1995 (Unpublished document).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