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South Uist, Eriskay, Balla

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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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Oblique aerial view centred on the township with the causeway adjacent, taken from the SSW.
Oblique aerial view centred on the township with the causeway adjacent, taken from the SSW.Oblique aerial view centred on the burial grounds with the harbour adjacent, taken from the WSW.View of thatched cottages, telegraph office - possibly Eriskay Oblique aerial view centred on the church with the school adjacent, taken from the NNW.View of unidentified blackhouses on Eriskay, South Uist.Oblique aerial view centred on the township with the causeway adjacent, taken from the SSW.Oblique aerial view centred on the township with the causeway adjacent, taken from the SE.Oblique aerial view centred on the causeway, with the townships adjacent, taken from the NW. Oblique aerial view centred on the church with the school adjacent, taken from the NNW.General view.Oblique aerial view centred on the township with the causeway adjacent, taken from the SSE.Oblique aerial view centred on the township with the causeway adjacent, taken from the SE.General view.View of Father Allan Macdonald's grave and carved cross.Oblique aerial view centred on the causeway, with the townships adjacent, taken from the NW. Oblique aerial view centred on the causeway, with the townships adjacent, taken from the NW. Oblique aerial view centred on the burial grounds with the harbour adjacent, taken from the WSW.

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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