31401: CNOC BERUL, LEWIS – TOWN (Undated), MANSE (Undated)

Summary:

TOWN (Undated)
MANSE (Undated)
Centred on NB 395 236, ruinous township, manse shown on 1st ed. OS map 1854. Reputed site of early church.

Location:

NB 385 236

Full description:

NB32SE 15 centred on 395 236

A township comprising eleven unroofed buildings, all annotated as Ruins and one of which is annotated as Luirbost Manse, three enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 33). Three unroofed buildings, an enclosure and part of a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 July 1997

Acknowledgement:

Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.