Monument record 10090 - LSFH 1.3 Loch Oigheabhat

Summary

Stone groin becoming stone-faced turf wall

Location

Grid reference NB 28044 18906 (point)
Map sheet NB21NE
Island Lewis
Parish LOCHS, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

"This wall starts as a stone groin 3 metres long in the water off the east shore of Loch Oigheabhat. It runs north-east for a short distance from the loch shore before turning east for a further 200 metres as a turf wall with occasional stone reinforcements. This boundary is marked on the modern Ordnance Survey Map." Part of: "Stock grazing management field system; probably relating to pre-crofting or early crofting period summer grazing, consisting of a series of turf walls with some stone reinforcements around gateways and where the walls run across areas of bedrock." (Burgess 2004, 17)


Chris Burgess, Northamptonshire Archaeology, 2004, Archaeological Survey and Evaluation of Eilean Chalium Chille and the Putative Site of the Seaforth Head Castle (Unpublished document). SWE41054.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Chris Burgess, Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2004. Archaeological Survey and Evaluation of Eilean Chalium Chille and the Putative Site of the Seaforth Head Castle. Loch Seaforth Head Gazeteer.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 13 2004 10:47AM

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