31519: LSFH 1.9 Loch Dubh – 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)
DRAINAGE DITCH (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Stone-faced turf wall and ditch

Location:

NB 29794 19186

Full description:

"Running for 220 metres in a north-easterly direction this dyke is constructed for the most part in turf, with the exception of a section of 50 metres near its west end where it crosses a low ridge and is faced with drystone and stands up to 0.8 metres high. Commencing in the west from the edge of an unnamed burn that feeds into the east end of Loch Dubh it terminates in the east at NB 29794 19186 where it meets dyke 1.8. The ditch that runs along the south face of dyke 1.8 continues west along the south face of this dyke, for its entire length, before issuing in to the unnamed burn at its west end." 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."

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.