Monument record MWE149972 - Rubha Caolas Luirsaigh

A single 'L' shaped building depicted on William Bald's 'Plan of the Island of South Uist' (1805).
AP's indicate two stone built ruins with extensive cultivation ridging in the surrounding area and possibly other features.

K.Murphy (Archaeologist CnES) 26/08/2019

This building is located on a high piont above a coastal inlet. It comprises of a single storey, 2 bay with central door entrance, rectangular stone built house. Random rubble built walls with line mortar with single window opening to rear. Fire place to northern wall, southern wall has partailly collapsed. Overall this structure has a very solid and 'square' appaerance and gives the impression that it has been rebuilt at some piont. Later mortar rendering and a part of a concrete floor were noted, along with the fragments of a chimney pot. Dimensions 12m x 5m, height 2.1m
The associated byre is located down next to the inlet. This structure comprises of a rectangular plan, rounded drystone walls with single entrance to the north west. Internal drainage channel is indicated as a grassy depression, small stock entrance to SW wall. Later mortar jointing to external areas.

K.Murphy(Archaeologist CnES) 20/07/2021