Monument record 14889 - Bereiro, Uig, Lewis

Summary

Blackhouse

Location

Grid reference NB 04649 34444 (point)
Map sheet NB03SW
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

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NB 0465 3445 10 m OD
Blackhouse
Measuring 11 x 5 m this blackhouse os part of the deserted village on the east shore of Traigh nan Sruban. This structure has opposing entrances on its east and west walls and survives as an earth core of a two faced earth cored construction. The only internal feature to this is an ambry situated in the east wall immediately to the north of the door in that wall.
Fieldwalking 31.3.95.

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Christopher Burgess and Michael Church, 1996, Uig Landscape Survey: Interim Report 1 (Unpublished document).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  • --- Unpublished document: Christopher Burgess and Michael Church. 1996.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

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 10 2008 2:47PM

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