Monument record 11850 - LEWIS, LOCH MOR AN STAIRR

NB33NE 20 3970 3857

What may be two roofed shieling-huts are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1851, sheet 20). One roofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 24 September 1997.

Field survey carried out in December 2007 noted that the area has a large amount of ground disturbance in this area over a numnber of years from the current pipeline maintenance and machinery access to the reservoir. As a results, field survey did not locate any remains of this site.
Jacobs Babtie 2008, Site 1, Appendix A

One sheiling still exists as a heather and grass covered mound, notible by the stones sticking out of the vegitation. A second mound 10m to the west, which now with a concrete capping, is likely to be the location of the other sheiling.
K.Murphy(Archaeologist CnES) 02/06/2021

Jacobs Babtie, Stornoway Replacement Water Mains Supply Archaeological Desk-based assessment and walkover survey (Bibliographic reference). SWE41195.