Monument record MWE157525 - Bhoisnis

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Blackhouse

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Grid reference Centred NF 8904 8030 (15m by 21m)
Map sheet NF88SE
Island Berneray
Parish NORTH UIST, Western Isles

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Blackhouse type structure located on a small headland. Depicted on the 6" 1st ed (1880) as unroofed. Location of this structure may indicate that this was a drying kiln for the settlement of Voisinish. Possibly depicted on Balds Map of Harris (1805).
KM (Arch Service CnES) 26/05/2025


William Bald, 1805, Map of Harris (Cartographic materials). SWE41213.

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  • --- Cartographic materials: William Bald. 1805. Map of Harris. Digital.

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Record last edited

May 26 2025 9:50AM

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