31608: LSFH 40.3 Seaforth Head – PRE-FABRICATED BUILDING

Summary:

TOILET (Crofting – 1850 AD to 1950 AD)
PREFABRICATED BUILDING (Crofting – 1850 AD to 1950 AD)
DRAIN (Crofting – 1850 AD to 1950 AD)
Prefabricated outside toilet

Location:

NB 29498 16355

Full description:

"Situated to the south-east corner of the enclosures (40.2) to the south of the fisheries cottage (40.1) the remains of the prefabricated outisde toilet stand against the eastern edge of a drain that runs down to the north shore of Loch Seaforth Head. This facility is connected to mains sewage or a septic tank but issues directly into the field drain at its west side." "Situated on the north shore of Loch Seaforth Head, at its eastern end, this crofting township is marked on the modern Ordnance Survey map (2003). Remains recorded include a blackhouse (40.4) and its stack yard (40.5), a Department of Fisheries cottage (40.1) and its garden enclosures (40.2) and several local bridges that form communications over the various streams and rivers that run in to the east end of Loch Seaforth Head (40.8 and 40.9)." (Burgess 2004, 65 and 70)

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.