Monument record 10093 - LSFH 1.4 Loch Oigheabhat
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NB 27967 18625 (point) |
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Map sheet | NB21NE |
Island | Lewis |
Parish | LOCHS, Western Isles |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
"Starting as a stone groin on the east shore of Loch Oigheabhat this wall runs in an east south-easterly direction. It is heavily denuded, only occasionally being reinforced with stone. It stands to a maximum height of 0.5 metres, but for much of its length is considerably less extant measuring between 0.1 metres and 0.3 metres. This feature is not marked on the current Ordnance Survey, but at its east end joins a wall that is (1.6), suggesting that the two features form one single boundary." Part of: "Stock grazing management field system; probably relating to pre-crofting or early crofting period summer grazing, consisting of a series of turf walls with some stone reinforcements around gateways and where the walls run across areas of bedrock." (Burgess 2004, 18)
Chris Burgess, Northamptonshire Archaeology, 2004, Archaeological Survey and Evaluation of Eilean Chalium Chille and the Putative Site of the Seaforth Head Castle (Unpublished document). SWE41054.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SWE41054 Unpublished document: Chris Burgess, Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2004. Archaeological Survey and Evaluation of Eilean Chalium Chille and the Putative Site of the Seaforth Head Castle. Loch Seaforth Head Gazeteer.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jul 13 2004 11:27AM