Field Visit
Date 17 July 1924
Event ID 1103577
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1103577
Earth-house, Bac Mhic Connain.
Rather more than ½ mile north-west of Vallay House a structure covered with sand was excavated in 1919 by Dr Erskine Beveridge. The walls stand for only a few courses, and the place has been silted up a good deal since the excavation was made. It was then found necessary also to fill in some of the compartments, as the stonework was caving in. In its present state the structure shows an unsymmetrical set of apartments, with one large circular room to the east, apparently at a higher level than the other apartments. In the western set was a hearth. For relics, including a bone with Oghams, see Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot., LVI., pp. 12-13.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 17 July 1924.
OS map: North Uist xxx.
