Monument record 10146 - LSFH 1.22 Loch na Muilne
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NB 27849 17553 (point) |
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Map sheet | NB21NE |
Island | Lewis |
Parish | LOCHS, Western Isles |
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
"This turf and stone dyke is a continuation of dyke 1.20. Truncated (cut) at its east end by the Balallen to Eisgean road, it runs in a south-westerly direction for 227 metres before turning towards the west south-west and running for a further 180 metres to terminate against the east shore of a burn that flows into the south side of Loch na Muilne. Parts the northern face of this dyke are stone-faced and stand as high as 0.5 metres, in these areas the dyke is up to 2 metres broad." 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, 33-34 and 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2004, Archaeological Survey and Evaluation of Eilean Chalium Chille and the Putative Site of the Seaforth Head Castle (Unpublished document).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)
- --- SWE41054 Unpublished document: Chris Burgess, Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2004.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 14 2004 3:30PM