Monument record 1753 - AIRIGHEAN TIGHE DUASTAL, LEWIS
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NB 09970 21280 (point) |
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Map sheet | NB02SE |
Island | Lewis |
Parish | UIG, Western Isles |
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Full Description
NB02SE 1 0997 2128
(NB 099 212) 'Six shielings, two of which are in ruins...' Thomas illustrates and plans one of these, still occupied c. 1867.
Name Book 1854; F W L Thomas 1870
Four roofed shieling-huts and two unroofed shieling-huts, which are annotated as Ruins, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 35). Five black dots which may indicate the location of unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 15 July 1997
F W L Thomas, 1866-8, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 161-2, fig. 9 (Bibliographic reference). SWE7733.
Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 98, p. 40 (Unpublished document). SWE4254.
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM