32506: VALTOS, LEWIS – FISH PROCESSING SITE (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Summary:

FISH PROCESSING SITE (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Fish curing house shown on 1st ed OS map 1854

Location:

NB 0952 3692

Full description:

NB03NE 18.01 0952 3692

A single roofed building annotated as a curing house is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1854, sheet 17), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 19 September 1997.

Acknowledgement:

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