33006: CNOC AN AOIL, LEWIS – CAVE (Undated), UNDERGROUND STRUCTURE (Undated), SOUTERRAIN (Undated)

Summary:

CAVE (Undated)
UNDERGROUND STRUCTURE (Undated)
SOUTERRAIN (Undated)
Cave occupation site

Location:

NB 0649 3309

Full description:

NB03SE 6 0649 3309.

At NB 0649 3309 at the head of a secluded gully, is an unusual construction consisting of a slightly curved dry-stone passage about 3.0m long, covered with massive stone lintels, which leads eastwards into a natural rock chamber. Mr Mackay, keeper at Uig Lodge, discovered ashes in the floor of the chamber whilst exploring the structure ten years ago. It is connected within by a narrow, now impassable, fissure, to another natural chamber which can be observed through a partially covered hole in its roof about 8.0m to the SW of the lintelled passage. It is in such a secluded position that it suggests a mediavel or later hiding place or refuge.
Surveyed at 1/10,000 scale.
Visited by OS (R L) 1 July 1969.

Acknowledgement:

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