32001: ECC 42.3 Cromore, Pairc, Loch nam Bodach

Summary:

FIELD SYSTEM (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
CLEARANCE CAIRN (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
LINEAR CLEARANCE CAIRN (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Feannagan or lazybed field system with clearance cairns

Location:

NB 40618 21250

Full description:

"Situated on southerly and easterly facing slopes above the northern shore of Loch nam Bodach the remains of this extensive field system include numerous episodes of clearance (both linear and cairns) and feannagan cultivation. This field system is bounded on its east side by dyke (42.2) and covers ground that under ordinary circumstances might go uncultivated, suggesting a period of both population growth and food shortages in the pre-crofting, early crofting period." (Burgess 2004, 121)

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.