Lewis, Skigersta
Fishing Station (Post Medieval)(Possible), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Post Medieval)
Site Name Lewis, Skigersta
Classification Fishing Station (Post Medieval)(Possible), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 129510
Site Number NB56SW 61
NGR NB 5470 6180
NGR Description Centred on NB 5470 6180
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Western Isles
- Parish Barvas
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NB56SW 61 centred on 5470 6180
The Object Name Book (OS) describes the township as 'Two groups of huts one of which is on the sea-coast, and one about 1/4 of a mile from it in a SW direction.
They are built of peat and stone and thatched with straw, with the exception of two which are slated and used as fish curing houses'.
Name Book 1853
A crofting township, part of which may be a fishing station, comprising thirty roofed buildings and eighteen enclosures, and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1853, sheet 3). Thirty-six roofed, five unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1992).
Information fom RCAHMS (AKK) 23 April 1998.
