31496: LSFH 1.2 Loch Oigheabhat – FIELD BOUNDARY; WALL

Summary:

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

Location:

NB 27867 19059

Full description:

"This wall runs for 400 metres from the south shore of Loch Erisort to the north-west shore of Loch Oigheabhat. Constructed of turf with some stone facing it is heavily denuded standing no more than a quarter of its original constructed height. Approximately 130 metres from its north end is an all stone section that might mark the point of a now destroyed gateway." 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 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.