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Lewis, Crossbost

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

Site Name Lewis, Crossbost

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

Canmore ID 132161

Site Number NB32SE 22

NGR NB 3950 2450

NGR Description Centred on NB 3950 2450

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Western Isles
  • Parish Lochs
  • Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
  • Former District Western Isles
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

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Note

A township comprising twenty-nine roofed, two partially roofed, seven unroofed buildings, several enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 33). A crofting township comprising fifty-one roofed, two partially roofed and eleven unroofed buildings is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 25 July 1997

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