31958: ECC 28.1 Crobeag

Summary:

HOUSE (Post Medieval to Crofting – 1540 AD to 1950 AD)
BLACK HOUSE (Post Medieval to Crofting – 1540 AD to 1950 AD)
COW HOUSE (Post Medieval to Crofting – 1540 AD to 1950 AD)
LONGHOUSE (Post Medieval to Crofting – 1540 AD to 1950 AD)
Blackhouse

Location:

NB 39190 21054

Full description:

"Situated on flat ground in good grazing at Crobeag, the remains of this blackhouse measure 11 x 6 metres and are orientated from north to south. The walls are constructed of stone faces with an earthern core and stand to a maximum height of 1.5 metres tall – approximately the original head height level. This building has a single entrance at the centre of its east wall. There are no internal features visible that might point to a partition of the space, or usage. Form and size suggests that this structure was used as a barn, possibly relating to the remains of the blackhouse now used as a byre (27.1) located immediately to the south. This group of blackhouse structures is part of a wider group of blackhouses (28) that forms the pre-crofting/early crofting phase settlement of Crobeag." (Burgess 2004, 104)

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.