Archaeology Notes

Event ID 647875

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NB23SW 19 centred on 2180 3320

The Object Name Book (OS) describes the township as 'A small village of huts, they are built of peat sods and stones, and are thatched with straw, the only exceptions to these is the Callanish Inn (NB23SW 20) which is built of stone and slated.

Name Book 1853

A crofting township, comprising thirty-two roofed buildings, one of which is annotated as an inn (NB23SW 20), one partially roofed building, twelve unroofed structures of which at least six are annotated as 'Ruin'and some lengths of head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1853, sheet 25). To the E is an extensive system of head-dykes (NB23SW 74) which may be partly associated with this site.

The crofting township has expanded as shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).

Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 29 September 1997.