Monument record 14799 - Clibh, Croulastadh, Uig, Lewis

Summary

Boundary dyke

Location

Grid reference Centred NB 0429 3508 (365m by 291m)
Map sheet NB03NW
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

132: NB 0433 3510
Dyke
this dyke runs from the west side of Loch Barabhat for 300m to the top of the ridge that overlooks Traigh nan Sruban. The wall is stone construction and is broken in 4 places, apparently deliberately. The wall runs from NB 0408 3489 to NB 0450 3510.
Burgess & Church 1996, 47

this wall appears, from the 1st ed. OS map 1854, to be part of a long head dyke surrounding settled land in the coastal area to the south, associated with smr nos. 14783, 14781, 14782, 14796
MML 7.2.2008


Christopher Burgess and Michael Church, 1996, Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1 (Unpublished document).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

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess and Michael Church. 1996.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

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Feb 8 2008 10:45AM

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