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Field Visit
Date 15 August 1914
Event ID 1103595
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1103595
Earth-house, Screvan.
At Screvan, about 600 yards north-east of Port nan Long, on the brow of the steep brae rising from the shore, over 50 feet above sea-level, is the site of an earth-house. The building has collapsed, and the site is marked by a circular hollow with some stones lying about, from which a depression extends down the slope towards the northwest. Small fragments of hand-made pottery were noted.
The earth-house was partially excavated in 1887, when it was discovered that the entrance, which consisted of a short curved stair, gave access to a long, low, narrow passage leading into a circular chamber, the roof of which fell in, stopping further excavation.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 15 August 1914.
OS map: North Uist xxvi (unnoted).
