Building record 14517 - 5 Garenin, Carloway, Isle of Lewis

Structure 5:
Structure 5 appears on the 1895 OS map as a single building with no barn or ancillary structure. Both this and structure 5b (smr 14518) are marked on this map as being of different proportions to what may be seen on the ground today. Structure 5 is a smaller building (on the map) measuring approximately 15m x 6m externally, as opposeed to the structure that stands on the site today which measures 22m x 7m. This structure has been renovated in the last 15 years and is now a Youth Hostel.
Burgess 1995, 20-21

Christopher Burgess, 1995, Garenin Landscape Survey: interim report 1a 1994-1995 (Unpublished document). SWE41175.