31932: ECC 15.7 Eilean Chalium Cille – JETTY (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Summary:
JETTY (Post Medieval – 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Stone jetty, built as a landing place for coffins
Location:
NB 38616 21019
Full description:
"Located on the shore of Eilean Chalium Cille, 15 metres to the south of the Chapel of St Columba (15.3), the remains of this jetty run from the shore in an easterly direction for 30 metres between the high and low water marks. Measuring 2 metres in width and standing to a maximum height of 1 metre this drystone construction is known locally to have been built to aid the landing of coffins for burial in the mausoleums (15.2, 15.5, 15.6) and graveyard (15.4) that surround the chapel. This structure in its present form is likely to date to the crofting or pre-crofting period, however, the possibility that it has been built on the site of, or the foundations of, an earlier structure cannot be ignored." (Burgess 2004, 91)
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.
Record Location
Details
- Record Type:
- Historical or Archaeological Site
- Type Of Site:
- Jetty
- Period:
- Crofting (1850-1950 AD); Post-Medieval (1540-1900 AD)
- SMRRecord ID:
- MWE144720
- Record Maintained by:
- CEP