33015: CLEIDIR, LEWIS – FARMSTEAD (Pre Clearance – 1266 AD to 1860 AD), SHEEP FOLD (Undated)

Summary:

FARMSTEAD (Pre Clearance – 1266 AD to 1860 AD)
SHEEP FOLD (Undated)
Pre-Clearance farmstead shown on 1st ed. OS map 1854, now a fank

Location:

NB 03435 34097

Full description:

NB03SW 15 034 340

A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, which are annotated as Ruins, and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 23). A series foo enclosures annotated as a Sheep Wash and part 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.