Monument record 13052 - LEWIS, SOUTH SHAWBOST
Summary
TOWNSHIP; HEAD-DYKE, multi-period township, with enclosures, fields and head dyke, shown on 1st ed OS map 1853
Location
| Grid reference | NB 252 469 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NB24NE |
| Island | Lewis |
| Parish | BARVAS, Western Isles |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
NB24NE 33.02 centred on 252 469
A township, comprising twelve roofed, fifteen unroofed buildings, twenty-one enclosures some of which may be unroofed buildings and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis Ross-shire 1853, sheet 7). The site is overlain by a later crofting township and field-system, comprising nineteen roofed, ten unroofed and nineteen enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 23 January 1997.
REPORT DATE: 23/01/2002
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Record last edited
Jul 29 2005 12:00AM
