Monument record 11889 - LEWIS, LOCH MOR A CHOCAIR

NB33SW 33 3441 3452

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 3441 3452
Loch Mor a' Chocair
Sluice.
Full report lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Dulas Ltd
J Hooper 2001
REPORT DATE: 18/06/2002

B014 Loch Mor a' Chocair, concrete sluice at the mouth of the loch.
A small concrete sluice at the west end of Loch Mor a Chocair, where a burn leading to Loch Beag a'Chocair heast west to the smaller loch. It does not appear on any of the OS maps, but does seem to be present on the 1946 vertical air photographs. The sluice mechanism is no longer present. It probably functioned a s amethod of controlling water levels in connection with fishing.
Hooper 2000, 26

Also listed in J Hooper 2001, 104

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

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