31510: LSFH 1.6 Cnoc nan Uan – FIELD BOUNDARY; WALL

Summary:

FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
WALL (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
DYKE (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Stone-faced wall

Location:

NB 2829 1884

Full description:

"Measuring 0.3 metres high and 0.5 metres wide this turf wall, occasionally reinforced with stone, runs from west to east for 230 metres. At its west end it starts from the east shore of an unnamed burn at the eastern foot of Cnoc na Righinn, at its east end the wall continues as 1.7. This feature may be the easterly continuation of 1.3 which runs to the west side of the same unnamed burn, slightly to the north." 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, 21-22 and 17)

References:

Chris Burgess, Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2004. Northamptonshire Archaeology Archaeological Survey and Evaluation of Eilean Chalium Chille and the Putative Site of the Seaforth Head Castle. Part No Loch Seaforth Head Gazeteer.

Acknowledgement:

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