31979: ECC 33.4 Cromore, Rubha nam Fad

Summary:

BLACK HOUSE (Post Medieval to Crofting – 1540 AD to 1950 AD)
BARN (Post Medieval to Crofting – 1540 AD to 1950 AD)
Blackhouse used as a barn

Location:

NB 40113 21740

Full description:

"Situated immediately to the south-west of blackhouse (33.3) the remains of this structure measure 8 x 6.5 metres and are orientated from south-west to north-east. Surviving for the most part as an earthen core, there is some fragmentary evidence that these walls were originally faced with stone. Abutting the south-western end of the blackhouse (33.3) this building is likely to have formed either an extension to that building, or a barn, located in the local style to one end of main house. It has two opposing entrances located at the north-east end of its north-west and south-east facing walls, and no definable internal structures." (Burgess 2004, 111)

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.