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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 647802
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/647802
NB14SW 1 121 425.
(Area: NB 121 425) The foundations of a few houses close together remain on Bearasay, which was the stronghold of Neil Macleod for three years before his execution in April 1613.
RCAHMS 1928; R Gordon 1813.
Tradition still known locally. Island inaccessible at time of investigation.
Visited by OS (N K B) 22 June 1969.
Five unroofed buildings, one of which is T-shaped, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1853, sheet 11). The T-shaped unroofed building and three unroofed structure which may represent buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1972).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 4 July 1997.
