Monument record 8463 - Geirisclett

A field wall over 1m high, composed of cobbles and boulders, crosses the neck of Geirisclett, and divides the settled and cultivated ground to the S. A gap c. 6m wide at the W end has been partly blocked by a later structure and enclosure (V52). Other gaps are present, some of which appear original and others which have been broken through the wall. Only the S face of the wall is visible; an accumulation of soil lies against the N, uphill side, presumably as a result of cultivation and soil creep in this area; the wall has thus acted as a ;ynchet. Its remains are generally as recorded on the current OS, although an unmapped c. 10m length of boulders extends S from its E end. OS 1881 indicates that the wall extended right to the E shore of Geirisclett at this time, but this could not be confirmed by field survey. A sinuous spread of rubble indicates that the wall probably once continued westwards along the high water mark on the south shore of Geirisclett as far as Rubha nan Corr.

Andrew Dunwell, 1998, Vallay Strand Project 1995-7 (Unpublished document).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