Monument record 14590 - Gearrannan, Carloway, Lewis

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Grid reference NB 1933 4415 (point)
Map sheet NB14SE
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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NB 193 441 25 metres O.D.
Platform
Facing south, this platform measures 10 m by 5 m and has the remains of several drystone walls running west-east on it. It is unclear what type of structure these tumbled walls represent.
Field walking on 1/7/94

Burgess 1995, 57

A section was cut acrossthe edge of this platform in 1998, to clarify its structural sequence
Burgess & Johnson 1998, 45-50


Christopher Burgess, 1995, Garenin Landscape Survey: interim report 1a 1994-1995 (Unpublished document).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

Christopher Burgess & Melanie Johnson, 1998, Excavations & Survey at Garenin, Isle of lewis, 1998 (Unpublished document). SWE41179.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess. 1995. Garenin Landscape Survey: interim report 1a 1994-1995.
  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess & Melanie Johnson. 1998. Excavations & Survey at Garenin, Isle of lewis, 1998.

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Jan 9 2008 2:46PM

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