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South Uist, Eriskay, Balla

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

Site Name South Uist, Eriskay, Balla

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

Canmore ID 126024

Site Number NF71SE 21

NGR NF 789 115

NGR Description Centred NF 789 115

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NF71SE 21 centred 789 115

A township comprising 108 roofed buildings, which include a school and a chapel, six partially roofed buildings, fourteen unroofed buildings, several enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Hebrides, South Uist, Barra etc. 1881, sheet lx). One hundred and sixty-eight roofed, nine partially roofed, sixty-nine unroofed buildings, several enclosures and a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 28 May 1997

Awaiting DES 2000 entry (2000/p.97).

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