Archaeology Notes

Event ID 648078

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NB56SW 16 5380 6380

The Object Name Book (OS) describes the harbour as 'One of the principal fishing stations in the island of Lewis. There are two houses, one storey high built of stone, slated and in good repair. There is also a stone pier built for the use of fishermen. The fish caught here are Ling, Cod, Haddock and Herring. There is only one landing place, and that is a narrow sandy channel, with shelving rocks on each side. The prevailing winds are south, south-west and west.

Name Book 1852

(Location cited as NB 538 638). Port of Ness Harbour, enlarged 1893, breakwater added 1894. An irregularly-shaped basin formed by a concrete pier with sea-wall, subdivided by a short pier. Part of the breakwater has collapsed. Virtually disused.

J R Hume 1977.