31835: AIRIGH EISHAL, LEWIS – TOWN (Undated)

Summary:

TOWN (Undated)
Centred on NB 412 189

Location:

NB 412 189

Full description:

NB41NW 4 centred on 412 189

A township comprising thirty-seven roofed, eight unroofed buildings, seven of which are annotated as Ruins, fourteen enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 38). A modern crofting township comprising fifty-three roofed, six partially roofed, thirty-seven unroofed buildings and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 9 July 1997

Acknowledgement:

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