North Uist, Claddach-kyles
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name North Uist, Claddach-kyles
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 123367
Site Number NF76NE 35
NGR NF 7699 6650
NGR Description centred on NF 770 665
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Western Isles
- Parish North Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF76NE 35 centred on 7699 6650
A crofting township comprising twenty-six roofed, three unroofed buildings, what may be another unroofed building, several enclosures and some field walls is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Hebrides, North Uist etc. 1881, sheet xxxiv). Twenty-two roofed, one partially roofed, eleven unroofed buildings, several enclosures and some field walls are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 April 1997
These possible field drains have been identified on oblique aerial photography (RCAHMSAP 2005), showing at low tide on the eroded shingle and sand beach. Information from RCAHMS (ALD) 28 February 2006
