Monument record 1755 - GEARRAIDH MEADHONACH, LEWIS

Summary

Shieling

Location

Grid reference NB 05250 20190 (point)
Map sheet NB02SE
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NB02SE 3 0525 2019

A ruinous, stone-built shieling, at the head of Gil Ghranda.
Name Book (Ross-shire Insular)

One roofed shieling-hut is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 34). One black dot which may indicate the location of a building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 July 1997


Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 96, p. 70 (Unpublished document). SWE4254.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Name Book (County). 1998. Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 96, p. 70.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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