Monument record 13765 - LEWIS, STORNOWAY, POINT STREET

NB43SW 53 4219 3278

NB 4219 3278. Human remains were discovered by the Western Isles council archaeologist while undertaking a watching brief on the digging of a foundation trench for a fountain in Point Street, Stornoway. As this site may have lain within the boundaries of a graveyard postulated to have been associated with the early 17th- century church of St Lennan (NB43SW 8), an archaeological excavation was undertaken on remaining sub-surface sediments which might have been disturbed by construction work.
A ruinous stone wall, aligned roughly N-S and probably a field boundary, was found located within a layer of peat. A hearth setting, seen in section, underlay the peat layer. Both the hearth and wall remain in situ as these locations will be unaffected by construction work. A sherd of prehistoric pottery together with relatively modern ceramic and wooden artefacts were recovered from the upper part of the peat layer. No further human skeletal material was found.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland.
J Gooder 1999.

REPORT DATE: 22/01/2001

John Gooder, 1999, Archaeological works on site of proposed fountain at Point Street, Stornoway, Lewis: Data Structure Report (Unpublished document). SWE41114.