Site Event/Activity record EWE102 - Cnip Wheelhouse Excavations

Location

Location
Grid reference Centred NB 09782 36590 (27m by 28m)
Map sheet NB03NE
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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Dept. of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh

Date

Not recorded.

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Description

The site of two adjoining wheelhouses and later cellular and linear structures was excavated here in 1988. The lower wheelhouse levels of Wheelhouse 1 were not excavated and these, along with the superstructure of Wheelhouse 1 remain intact below the present ground surface. No trace of this site was visible from the surface and its discovery was possible due to the appearance of stonework in the eroding dune face. This part of Cnip beach has since been stabilised by the construction of a sea wall. Armit 1992, 43

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Monograph: Ian Armit. 2006. Anatomy of an Iron Age Roundhouse.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • KNEEP, LEWIS (Monument)

Record last edited

Oct 28 2025 8:19AM

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