Monument record 10075 - Creag Dubh, Ness, Lewis

NB56SE 3 5569 6145
REPORT DATE: 14/02/2005

The site is actively eroding.
Structure A
Structure A is the slight remains of a circular, turf building c. 10m in external diameter. It is located on the mainland adjacent to the site
Structure B
Structure B is the rapidly eroding remains of a stone, turf-covered cairn on the extreme eastern, seaward end of the peninsula. The surviving remains are c. 3m diameter, but the northern edge of the structure is heavily damaged by erosion.
Structure C
Structure C is a stone wall fragment on the southern edge of a stack to the north of structure B. It was not possible to access the stack, and this features is therefore not on the survey.
Structure D
Structure D is a turf wall on the mainland to the west of the other archaeological features. It is damaged at its western end by peat cutting, but may originally have abutted wall structure E, with which it forms and enclosure around the archaeological features.
Structure E
The eastern end of a massive turf or turf and stone wall of varying width and construction, which extends well outwith the survey area. The wall has slumped heavily, and has been damaged by peat cutting and modern fencing. The 1st edition Ordinance Survey map of Lewis (sheet 3, 1853) suggests that this may be the north-eastern end of the Garadh Dubh, the head-dyke of the west coast township, which runs parallel to and about five kilometers from the west coast of Lewis.
Barrowman et al 2003 p 28-31

C. Barrowman, I. McHardy, M. MacLeod, 2003, Severe Terrain Archaeological Campaign (STAC)Project 2.1. Seirbhis Arc-eolais nan Eilean Siar, Stornoway. (Bibliographic reference). SWE41052. (Bibliographic reference). SWE41052.