Monument record 1701 - BEANNAN MOR, LEWIS

NB13NE 12 198 384.

There is a mound of stones and grass, approximately 20m long in a NNW-SSE direction and 11.7m wide, including tumble. It is considerably denuded and has a present height of 1.5m. There are possibly 2 kerb stones visible on the E side and some rock outcrops at the N end.
On top of the mound there are 3 semi-modern small hollows or ruined settings. Within a distance of 13.5m from the centre there are 3 settings some of which may be ruined shielings.
It is located on Tolsta Chaolais common grazings on the NNW sloping shoulder of Beannan Mor with old feannags nearby, and it overlooks Loch a'Bhaile and adjacent small fertile valleys.
It is shown as 'ruin' on the OS 6" map of 1853.
The site was brought to our notice by Mr and Mrs Ian Law of Tolsta Chaolais.
G R Curtis and M R Curtis 1991f.

What may be a single unroofed shieling-hut is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1854, sheet 18), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 24 September 1997.

G R and M R Curtis and Curtis, 1991f, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 76 (Bibliographic reference). SWE18563.