Monument record 1673 - BORVE, BERNERAY

NF98SW 25 centred on 9140 8082

see also: NF89SW 22 NF9126 8118 House

Borve (name at NF 9140 8082 on OS 1:10,000 map, 1971): a settlement of continuous depopulation and repopulation inextricably mixed.
Visited by OS (RB) 26 June 1965

A township comprising twelve roofed buildings, one of which is a long building, thirty-six unroofed buildings, one of which is a long L-shaped building, several enclosures and some field walls are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Hebrides, Harris, North Uist etc 1880, sheet xxvi). Sixty-five roofed, five partially roofed and twenty-seven unroofed buildings, several enclosures and some field walls are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 April 1997