Harris, Aird Nisabost
Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Harris, Aird Nisabost
Classification Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Aird Niosaboist
Canmore ID 10537
Site Number NG09NW 9
NGR NG 0422 9719
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG09NW 9 0422 9719.
On the summit of Aird Nisabost at 61m OD is a circular enclosure measuring c. 60 yards in diameter, formed by a bank and ditch. The bank measures c. 8ft wide and c.4ft above the ditch, beyond which are traces of another, but slighter bank.
Information contained in letter from J W Dickson Stow House
Westerfield, Ipswich, Suffolk, (Ref:D/111) to RCAHMS 30 June 1984.
Further bank-and-ditch enclosures are located adjacent to the circular one described above. Visible on aerial photographs lodged in the NMRS (E95149-50PO), the enclosures were probably used for agriculture, and are arranged around the summit of Aird Nisabost. Other enclosures are visible to the N (NG09NW 20) and the W (NG09NW 19).
Information from RCAHMS (SWC) 15 June 2004