Monument record 14582 - Gearrannan, Carloway, Lewis

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Grid reference NB 19235 44123 (point)
Map sheet NB14SE
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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NB 1924 4412 20 metres O.D.
Platform
This D shaped platform is built on a south facing slope in croft 3. Constructed against a flat bedrock face 7.0 metres long on its north side it has a radius of 6.0 metres and is edged with a curb of uniform stones. A fragment of walling runs northeast-southwest on the east side of the platform about 2.0 metres from the edge of the curb. This site is located directly to the east of 4/3.
Field walking on 28/6/94.

Burgess 1995, 56.


Christopher Burgess, 1995, Garenin Landscape Survey: interim report 1a 1994-1995 (Unpublished document).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

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  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess. 1995.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

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Jan 9 2008 1:39PM

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