Monument record 14888 - Bereiro, Uig, Lewis

Summary

Blackhouse

Location

Grid reference NB 04592 34469 (point)
Map sheet NB03SW
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

223
NB 0461 3445 10 m OD
Blackhouse
This poly-cellular blackhouse consists of 4 enclosures of which three are domestic and one is agricultural. The main blackhouse measures 9 x 4.6 m and is oriented north-south, and has one later internal division at the south end of the structure. The only entrance to this house is at the north end of the east wall and opens into alater structure tha is built onto the east wall of the house and is possibly a barn. To the south of this structure is a third structure built against the southeast structure of the house. To the south is a kale yard measuring 22 m north-south and 15 m west-east. A full description of this site and all the other structures in the abandoned village on the east shore of Traigh nan Sruban in section 2.
Field walking 05.4.95

Burgess and Church 1996, 63


Christopher Burgess and Michael Church, 1996, Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1 (Unpublished document).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  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess and Michael Church. 1996.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

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 10 2008 2:30PM

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