31601: LSFH 43.1 Seaforh Head – FIELD BOUNDARY

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 dyke

Location:

NB 29077 16567

Full description:

"This dyke, constructed primarily of turf, with some stone reinforcements, runs south from the line of the modern Balallen to Eisgean road for 73 metres before turning west and running for a further 80 metres. Standing to a height of 0.75 metres it is up to 1 metre wide. This dyke represents a phase of land division that pre-dates the crofting activities on the site, possibly relating to the activities of the pre-crofting settlement immediately to the west (25) or to the south west (26). Within the extent of this dyke is an extensive feannagan field system." (Burgess 2004, 63)

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.