32510: ABHAINN MHOR, LEWIS – SHIELING (Undated)
Summary:
SHIELING (Undated)
Shieling, shown on 1st ed OS map 1854
Location:
NB 0042 3014
Full description:
NB03SW 40 0042 3014
What may be two unroofed shieling-huts, which are annotated as Ruins, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 23). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 29 August 1997
Enclosure, habitational, curvilinear, drystone; date unknown Burgess & Church 1997, 65-66
References:
Burgess, Christopher & Church, Michael. 1997. 2 volumes, surveyed 1996, covering the 100m above the high tide line, and the intertidal zone. Coastal Erosion Assessment, Lewis. A Report for Historic Scotland.
Burgess, Christopher & Church, Michael. 1997. 2 volumes, surveyed 1996, covering the 100m above the high tide line, and the intertidal zone. Coastal Erosion Assessment, Lewis. A Report for Historic Scotland.
Acknowledgement:
Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.
Record Location
Details
- Record Type:
- Historical or Archaeological Site
- Type Of Site:
- Shieling
- SMRRecord ID:
- MWE134993
- Record Maintained by:
- CEU