31393: LOCH NAN RITHEANAN, LEWIS – DYKE (Undated), SHIELING (Undated)

Summary:

DYKE (Undated)
SHIELING (Undated)
Shielings and boundary dykes shown on 1st ed OS map 1852

Location:

NB 354 236

Full description:

NB32SE 24 354 236

What may be two roofed shieling-huts and two lengths of boundary dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1852, sheet 32). The dykes are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 12 August 1997

Acknowledgement:

Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.

Record Location

Details
Record Type:
Historical or Archaeological Site
Type Of Site:
Dyke; Shieling
SMRRecord ID:
MWE132150
Record Maintained by:
CECL

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