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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 690963

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/690963

NF84NW 21 centred 8015 4726

Not to be confused with 'Uist Causeways' (centred NF 830 568, between North Uist and Benbecula), for which see NF85NW 43.01.

(Location defined as from NF 8024 4775 to NF 8001 4687). This causeway carries the A865 public road across a wide area of intertidal sands and shallow channels between the islands of Benbecula (to the NNE) and South Uist (to the SSW), and to the SSW of Creagorry Island [name: NF 803 475]. The entire structure lies within the parish of South Uist.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 February 2006.

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