31747: BUDHANAIS, LEWIS – TOWNSHIP (Pre Clearance – 1266 AD to 1860 AD), SHEEP DIP (Undated)
Summary:
TOWNSHIP (Pre Clearance – 1266 AD to 1860 AD)
SHEEP DIP (Undated)
Centred on NB 332 098, pre-Clearance township on 1st ed. OS map 1855, ruinous buildings on the ground
Location:
NB 332 098
Full description:
NB30NW 8 centred on 332 098
A township comprising ten unroofed buildings, all of which are annotated as Ruins and two are L-shaped, six enclosures and the fragmentary remains of a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1855, sheet 42). Eight unroofed buildings, a series of enclosures annotated as a Sheep Dip and a field are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 July 1997
Cleared in the early 19th C. to make way for sheep, by the Mackenzies.
Acknowledgement:
Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.
Record Location
Details
- Record Type:
- Historical or Archaeological Site
- Type Of Site:
- Township; Sheep Dip
- Period:
- Crofting (1850-1950 AD); Post-Medieval (1540-1900 AD); Medieval (1266-1539 AD)
- SMRRecord ID:
- MWE133984
- Record Maintained by:
- CEP