Monument record 1758 - TOM NI BHARABHAIS, LEWIS

Summary

Shielings, battlefield

Location

Grid reference NB 15800 25100 (point)
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Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 83, p. 72 (Unpublished document).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)

  • --- Unpublished document: Name Book (County). 1998. Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 83, p. 72.

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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