33066: LOCH NA CUILC – BANK (EARTHWORK) (Undated)

Summary:

BANK (EARTHWORK) (Undated)
Stone lined bank

Location:

NB 0988 3602

Full description:

no. 32
A curvilinear alignment of stone defines a bank edging an area of former strip cultivation. The position of the feature and its irregular curving form suggest that it may have formed some form of levee for Loch na Cuilc at a period of higher water level. Its construction is distinct from any other feature in the vicinity.
Armit 1992, 56

References:

Ian Armit. 1992. CFA, University of Edinburgh Archaeological Field Survey of the Bhaltos (Valtos) Peninsula, Lewis.
1994. ‘Archaeological field survey of the Bhaltos (Valtos) peninsula, Lewis’, Proc Soc Antiq Scot. Part No 124. No.32, 90

Acknowledgement:

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