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Lewis, Lower Shader
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lewis, Lower Shader
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Siadeir Iorach
Canmore ID 131352
Site Number NB35SE 40
NGR NB 3890 5470
NGR Description Centred NB 3890 5470
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
NB35SE 40.00 centred 3890 5470
NB39SE 40.01 3877 5504 Structures
NB39SE 40.02 3880 5451 Structures
A township, comprising thirty-three roofed buildings, at least three of which are annotated as ruins, forty-three unroofed buildings (see NB35SE 40.01, .02), forty enclosures and some lengths of head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Isle of Lewis Ross-shire 1853, sheet 5). To the SE is an extensive system of head-dykes (NB45SW 31) which may be partly associated with this crofting township.
A crofting township comprising sixty-two roofed, twenty-two unroofed buildings, enclosures and a field-system are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 10 January 1997.
