Monument record 11467 - LEWIS, ARNISH MOOR

NB32NE 31 3854 2972

An archaeological assessment was undertaken in advance of a potential windfarm development at Beinn Mholach and Arnish Moor. A total of 29 areas (over 100 individual sites) of archaeological remains were identified, most of which relate to post-medieval shieling practice, lazy bed cultivation, peat cutting, and to the 19th and 20th-century use of these upland areas. The proposed windfarm development involves two areas of peat moorland in the centre of Lewis. (GUARD 891).
NB 3854 2972
Arnish Moor
Lazy beds.
Full report lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Dulas Ltd
J Hooper 2001
REPORT DATE: 18/06/2002

A001: NB 38546 2972: There is no documentary , cartographic or photographic evidence for any human occupation within the proposed area of development. However, lazy beds, covering an area c. 80m long by 20m broad, were noted in a very marsh area, during the course of the walkover survey. Although these cannot be linked to any evidence of habitation, it is likely that they date to the nineteenth or even early twentieth century.
Hooper 2000, 18

Also listed in DES 2001: J Hooper 2001, 104

Janet Hooper, 2000, Lewis: Project 891 (Bibliographic reference). SWE41076.

Dulas Ltd, 2001, Arnish Moor Wind Cluster: Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SWE41138.

Council for Scottish Archaeology, 2001, Discovery and Escavation in Scotland (Bibliographic reference). SWE41185.