Monument record 1758 - TOM NI BHARABHAIS, LEWIS
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NB 15800 25100 (point) |
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Map sheet | NB12NE |
Island | Lewis |
Parish | UIG, Western Isles |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
NB12NE 1 158 251
Tom Ni Bharabhais: A small, round, rocky pasture hill on which is the rim of a shieling. Tradition says that the people of Uig went down and stole some cattle from the people of Barvas. On their return the people of Barvas overtook them on this hill, on which a battle took place.
Name Book 1854
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 30), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 14 August 1997
Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 83, p. 72 (Unpublished document). SWE4254.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SWE4254 Unpublished document: Name Book (County). 1998. Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 83, p. 72.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM