Monument record 14676 - Gearrannan, Carloway, Lewis

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Shepherd's shelter

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Grid reference NB 18885 43608 (point)
Map sheet NB14SE
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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NB 1891 4359 30 m OD
Shpeherd's Shelter
An L-shaped length of wall runs 2 m before turning through 90 degrees and running a further 2 m. Situated on top of a low rise and abutted on to a large bedrock boulder this stretch of drystone wall represents a temporary shelter from the prevailing weather.
Field walking on 7/7/94

Burgess 1995, 71


Christopher Burgess, 1995, Garenin Landscape Survey: interim report 1a 1994-1995 (Unpublished document).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  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess. 1995.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 16 2008 4:33PM

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