Monument record 6 - TOA RONA, RONA

HW83SW 4 centred 8156 3226

(HW 8147 3241 - 8135 3216
HW 8161 3239 - 8151 3224)
Mounds similar to the longer mounds of HW 83 SW 3, i.e up to about 16 ft in length, but connected by the remains of stone built walls of unknown height, lie east of the village in the depression by Toa Rona.
There are two lines both oriented approximately NNE to SSW. "The orientating of these mounds is puzzling - one interpretation may be that a rotation of grazing was observed and that these lines served to separate the Toa from the remainder of the island. From field survey alone, however, no satisfactory explanation can be offered."
H C Nisbet and R A Gailey 1960

These walls would seem to separate fields. The mounds appear to be the result of collapsed walls, and could have been plantie-crubs.
Information from J C Ashford LS reviser 7 August 1971

Forty-one unroofed structures, thirteen of which are attached to two walls, one unroofed building (HW 8169 3228) and two other walls are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 47). Eleven unroofed structures, four walls and an unroofed building (HW 8140 3250) are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 26 June 1997

H C and R A Nisbet and Gailey, 1960, Archaeol J, 94 (Bibliographic reference). SWE4509.

Chris Barrowman, 2006, Monument Warden's Report, and CD of digital images (Unpublished document). SWE41162.