Monument record 14732 - Airidh an t-Sluic, Aird, Uig, Lewis

Summary

Stone and turf dyke

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Grid reference Centred NB 05978 36692 (226m by 176m)
Map sheet NB03NE
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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49: NB 0590 3661
Dyke
This stone and turf dyke runs northeast from Loch Laina na Duch to Airidh an t-Sluic for 300m, following the modern fence line. The name suggests that this feature may be a sluice of some description.
Burgess & Church 1996, 33

The name means 'the shieling of the hollow'
MML 29.1.2008


Christopher Burgess and Michael Church, 1996, Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1 (Unpublished document). SWE41181.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess and Michael Church. 1996. Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1.

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Jan 29 2008 2:43PM

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