Monument record MWE150426 - Grosavagh

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Blackhouse

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Grid reference Centred NF 8066 4538 (21m by 18m)
Map sheet NF84NW
Island South Uist
Parish SOUTH UIST, Western Isles

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Rectangular blackhouse type building. This structure is a ruin one coarse of stone high and is located across the base of a small coastal headland, thereby forming a small enclosure. The structure comprises of double skinned drystone walls with a single internal division of a large and smaller compartment. Dimensions 13m x 6m.
Visible on 6" 1st ed Ordnance Survey sheet 1878 , and depicted as roofed, 2nd ed shows the structure as unroofed.
KM(CnES Arch Service) 14/03/2024

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2024 4:36PM

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