Monument record MWE157598 - Aird Beg

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Settlement

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Grid reference Centred NF 7627 5484 (197m by 198m)
Map sheet NF75SE
Island Benbecula
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

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This is the general location of the pre-clearance settlement of Aird Beg. Review of the 6"1st ed Ordnance survey sheet & Balds map of 1805 indicate the approximate position with regard to the old tracks and the cluster of structures depicted.
KM (Arch Service) 19/01/2026


William Bald, 1805, Plan of the Island of Benbecula (Cartographic materials). SWE41284.

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  • --- Cartographic materials: William Bald. 1805. Plan of the Island of Benbecula.

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2026 3:32PM

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