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Field Visit
Date 30 June 2012
Event ID 927682
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/927682
This fish trap, which comprises a broad, arcing spread of boulders measuring up to about 50m in length by 6.6m in thickness and 0.6m in height, spans the narrow channel between the SW shore of Eilean Dubh and the mainland. Visible on aerial photographs taken in 2011 (RCAHMSAP), the trap lies fully exposed at low tide. Given its relatively good condition and its near proximity to a post-medieval settlement (NF81NW 3), it is probable that the two are closely associated.
Beveridge (1911, 323) described how small nets were lodged in a ‘dam formed by small stones’ in North Uist, and it may be that this feature acted in a similar way. Two galvanised steel anchor points, one on each side of the channel, and a pile of netting nearby demonstrates the continuation of fishing here into more recent times.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG) 30 June 2012.
