31550: LSFH 1.22 Loch na Muilne – FIELD BOUNDARY; WALL

Summary:

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

Location:

NB 27849 17553

Full description:

"This turf and stone dyke is a continuation of dyke 1.20. Truncated (cut) at its east end by the Balallen to Eisgean road, it runs in a south-westerly direction for 227 metres before turning towards the west south-west and running for a further 180 metres to terminate against the east shore of a burn that flows into the south side of Loch na Muilne. Parts the northern face of this dyke are stone-faced and stand as high as 0.5 metres, in these areas the dyke is up to 2 metres broad." 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, 33-34 and 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.