Monument record 297 - LOCH BEAG THOMA DHUIBHE, LEWIS

Summary

Centred on NB 3380 3100, large number of shielings

Location

Grid reference NB 33800 31000 (point)
Map sheet NB33SW
Island Lewis
Parish STORNOWAY, Western Isles

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Full Description

NB33SW 2 centred on 3380 3100

(Name: NB 337 309) Old Shielings (NAT); c. 40 rectangular features shown within a radius of some 800m of Loch Beag Thoma Dhuibhe.
OS 1:10,000 map, (1990)

Four roofed shieling-huts are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1852, sheet 26). Twenty-four roofed and fifteen unroofed buildings which may be shieling-huts are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1990).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 26 September 1997.

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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