Monument record 10066 - Pabbay, Loch Boisdale, South Uist

At the summit of the southern part of the island, stemming off from a large outcrop of bedrock (just visible in the picture, with a cairn on top) is a large stone strewn mound. At the top of this mound, to the east of the bedrock is an amorphous/sub-circular cellular structure (approx. 4m x 5m internally), heavily overgrown and denuded, To the
north and east are what appear to be two, possibly three further cells, also heavily turfed over. They are located lower down the slope than the initial cell, but I could not determine if they pre-date it or not. The upper cell could be a badly built or denuded blackhouse, but given its state of disrepair I would think otherwise. Compared to other blackhouses, which are usually discernible, with definable edges and features etc, this would appear to be much earlier. There are no other
features apart from walls (one appearing under the peat at some depth) and cultivation ridges on either of the islands, nor are any recorded on the estate map of 1805, or first edition OS map.
John A. Raven 3.5.2003