32258: ERISTA, LEWIS – TOWN (Undated)

Summary:

TOWN (Undated)
Centred on NB 055 334

Location:

NB 055 334

Full description:

NB03SE 19 centred on 055 334

A township comprising one roofed building, one partially roofed building, which is annotated as a ruin, eight unroofed buildings, three of which are annotated as Ruins, and what may be two phases of head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 23). Erista shares its head-dyke to the S with the township of Totarol and to the N with the township of Timsgarry.
Four roofed, seven unroofed buildings and the fragmentary remains of the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 27 August 1997

Acknowledgement:

Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.