Monument record 12235 - LEWIS, BRAGAR

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CROFTING TOWNSHIP, largely cleared, shown on 1st ed OS map 1853

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Grid reference Centred NB 2866 4857 (540m by 303m)
Map sheet NB24NE
Island Lewis
Parish BARVAS, Western Isles

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NB24NE 8.07 centred on 2870 4855

A crofting township, comprising one roofed building, twenty-one unroofed buildings and twenty-one enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis Ross-shire 1853, sheet 8). Five unroofed buildings and six enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
This site may belong to the same phase of crofting development as NB24NE 8.08.
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 18 February 1997.

Township comprising two clusters of settlement around the head of the bay, depicted on the Chapman Gibbs map (1807)
KM (Arch Service) 07/06/2024


Chapman, James / Gibbs, Alexander, 1807-09, Plan of [the] Island of Lewis (Cartographic materials). SWE41337.

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  • --- Cartographic materials: Chapman, James / Gibbs, Alexander. 1807-09. Plan of [the] Island of Lewis. Digital.

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Jun 7 2024 11:02AM

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