Building record 14570 - Gearrannan, Carloway, Lewis

Summary

Croft house

Location

Grid reference NB 19419 44165 (point)
Map sheet NB14SE
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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Full Description

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NB 1942 4418 35 metres O.D.
Croft house
Oriented north-south on the south facing slopes at the north end of the enclosed crofts this building is still used as an ancillary structure and is still roofed. Measuring 6.0 metres by 16.0 metres the main structure has an entrance at its southeast corner and a blocked gable in its north end. Abutted to the southwest corner of the main structure is a smaller secondary structure, measuring 8.0 metres by 3.0 metres, with a door set in the centre of its east wall, this structure is now roofless. To the southeast a revetted yard may be seen.
Ordnance survey 25 ". First edition 1895. Field walking 1/7/94

Burgess 1995, 53.


Christopher Burgess, 1995, Garenin Landscape Survey: interim report 1a 1994-1995 (Unpublished document).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

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess. 1995. Garenin Landscape Survey: interim report 1a 1994-1995.

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Record last edited

Jan 9 2008 11:11AM

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