31497: LSFH 1.3 Loch Oigheabhat – FIELD BOUNDARY; WALL

Summary:

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

Location:

NB 28044 18906

Full description:

"This wall starts as a stone groin 3 metres long in the water off the east shore of Loch Oigheabhat. It runs north-east for a short distance from the loch shore before turning east for a further 200 metres as a turf wall with occasional stone reinforcements. This boundary is marked on the modern Ordnance Survey Map." 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.