Monument record 14598 - Gearrannan, Carloway, Lewis

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Cultivation

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Grid reference NB 19043 44053 (point)
Map sheet NB14SE
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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NB 1905 4404 25 metres O.D.
Cultivation
To the south of the burn running through the crofts, in crofts 1 and 2 is an extensive system of cultivation and drainage. This system consists of stone lined drains running from the south downhill to the burn. Many clearance cairns and 36 north facing lazy beds of varying sizes.
Field walking on 30/6/94

Burgess 1995, 58.


Christopher Burgess, 1995, Garenin Landscape Survey: interim report 1a 1994-1995 (Unpublished document).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  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess. 1995.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 4:46PM

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