Monument record 14796 - Eillarston, Uig, Lewis

Summary

Turf boundary dyke

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Grid reference Centred NB 0539 3512 (85m by 103m)
Map sheet NB03NE
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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129: NB 0536 3512
dyke
This turf dyke runs for 97m in a north-south direction. It is irregular in form and appears to serve no purpose.
Burgess & Church 1996, 47

this appears from the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map (1854) to be the boundary dyke of a pre-Clearance land holding in the area, possibly called Eillarston
MML 7.2.2008


Christopher Burgess and Michael Church, 1996, Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1 (Unpublished document).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  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess and Michael Church. 1996.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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Record last edited

Feb 8 2008 10:28AM

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