31584: LSFH 26.13 Loch Seaforth Head – ENCLOSURE

Summary:

ENCLOSURE (Crofting – 1850 AD to 1950 AD)
STACK YARD (Crofting – 1850 AD to 1950 AD)
Stack yard enclosure

Location:

NB 27831 16625

Full description:

"Situated on the shore of Loch Seaforth Head immediately to the west of blackhouse (26.12) this enclosure, formed of turf walls reinforced with stone, measures 20 x 10 metres, is irregular in shape and roughly orientated from north to south. On its east side much of its enclosure is formed by the wall of the blackhouse, which it adjoins to form a stack yard. Several stones from the Stone Circle (5.13) are located within the extent of this enclosure." (Burgess 2004, 55)

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.