31495: LSFH 1.1 Loch Oigheabhat – FIELD BOUNDARY

Summary:

FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
WALL (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Stone-faced turf wall

Location:

NB 27713 19397

Full description:

"Running from west to east for 100 metres this wall is turf-built with some stone facing. It terminates at its west end against a similar wall running from north to south. The east end of this wall is truncated by the modern road from Balallen to Pairc." Part of: "Stock grazing management field system; probably relating to pre-crofting or early crofting period summer grazing, consisting of a series of turf walls with some stone reinforcements around the gateways and where the walls run across areas of bedrock." (Burgess 2004, 17)

References:

Chris Burgess, Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2004. Northamptonshire Archaeology Archaeological Survey and Evaluation of Eilean Chalium Chille and the Putative Site of the Seaforth Head Castle. Part No Loch Seaforth Head Gazeteer.

Acknowledgement:

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