31523: LSFH 1.13 Loch Oigheabhat – 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)
Turf and stone wall

Location:

NB 27893 18606

Full description:

"Running from the south-west side of Loch Oigheabhat for 143 metres to the edge of the survey area, the Abhainn Loch na Muilne, the course of this dyke crosses the burn and continues in a west south-westerly direction for a further 79 metres outside the 2003 study area before turning to the north and paralleling the course of the Abhainn Loch na Muilne." 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, 27 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.