Monument record 672 - ASKERNISH, SOUTH UIST

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Centred on NF 72 23, site of corbelled stone structure

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Grid reference NF 72000 23000 (point)
Map sheet NF72SW
Island South Uist
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

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NF72SW 6 centred 72 23.

Wedderspoon mentions the remains of a beehive shaped structure "on a reef of rock in the sea near Askernish in South Uist."
J Wedderspoon 1915.

No trace of this structure was found on the reefs at NF 722 244 & NF 724 238. There are no other reefs in the vicinity of Askernish.
Visited by OS (W D J) 6 May 1965.


J Wedderspoon, 1906-12b, Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club, 317 (Bibliographic reference). SWE7658.

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: J Wedderspoon. 1906-12b. Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club. 7. 315-37. 317.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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