Monument record 508 - OISEVAL, ST KILDA

NF19NW 4 1037 9917.

(NF 10379917) Underground Chamber found 1835 (TI)
OS 6"map, annotated by J Mathieson (1928)

An underground chamber was found at the foot of Aoismheal (Oiseval) between 1829-43, during clearance for agricultural purposes. It comprised a flat stone, a little under the surface (on top of which were ashes), which, when lifted, revealed a 'curiously built space
beneath' (J B Mackenzie 1905). Probably Neolithic (D R Macgregor 1960). J B Mackenzie 1905; D R Macgregor 1960.

No certain traces found; but a large horizontal slab at the base of the 19th century head-dyke, some 2.0m from the NW corner of the enclosure in which this structure is said to have been found, is possibly from it, if not marking the actual site of the structure.
Visited by OS (J L D) 7 August 1967.

J B Mackenzie, 1904-5, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 398 (Bibliographic reference). SWE4579.

D R Macgregor, 1960, Scot Stud, 20 (Bibliographic reference). SWE4421.