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Harris, Ardhasaig

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Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Harris, Ardhasaig

Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Aird Asaig

Canmore ID 122285

Site Number NB10SW 9

NGR NB 1280 0300

NGR Description centred on NB 1280 0303

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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View of women dyeing the wool.
View of women dyeing the wool. Oblique aerial view centred on the township and the remains of the buildings, taken from the SW. General oblique aerial view of Loch a Siar and Ardhasaig with An Clisean beyond, looking NNE.Oblique aerial view.Violet Banks Photograph Album - Isle of Harris - Page 13 - ArdhasaigOblique aerial view centred on the township and the remains of the buildings, taken from the SW. Oblique aerial view centred on the township and the remains of the buildings with the township adjacent, taken from the SW. Violet Banks Photograph Album - Isle of Harris - Page 11 - ArdhasaigView of Mrs Morrison seated at spinning wheel at Ardhasaig. Oblique aerial view centred on the township and the remains of the buildings, taken from the SW. View of thatched cottage at Ardhasaig.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Western Isles
  • Parish Harris
  • Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
  • Former District Western Isles
  • Former County Inverness-shire

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RCAHMS First Edition Survey Project

A township comprising sixteen roofed buildings, four of which are long buildings and one is L-shaped, six unroofed buildings, eleven enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Island of Harris 1881, sheet x). The head-dyke is joined to that of the township of Cul-na-h-aird (NB10SW 10) to the S.

Twenty-four roofed, three partially roofed, ten unroofed buildings, several enclosures, some field walls and part of a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 21 February 1997

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