31524: LSFH 1.14 Cnoc nan Righinn – 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 28508 18827

Full description:

"This turf and stone dyke is a continuation of of dyke 1.7 and heads west for 196 metres before dog-legging north-west for 31 metres and terminating against the eastern shore of an unnamed tributary that issues into the Abhainn Chleiteir. On the other side of this unnamed burn, and slightly to the north, the course of this boundary continues again in a westerly direction to the east shore of Loch Oigheabhat as dyke 1.3." 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.