Harris, Nisabost, Traigh Iar
Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Harris, Nisabost, Traigh Iar
Classification Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 269182
Site Number NG09NW 19
NGR NG 0380 9715
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/269182
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG09NW 19 0380 9715
Two sub-rectangular bank-and-ditch earthwork enclosures, probably used for agriculture, are situated on a headland at the N edge of the Traigh Lar. Each measures about 30m by 30m although the northernmost is already being eroded along its N edge. Both appear to be contained within the promontory by a ditch about 80m long and 10m wide extending from an area of erosion in the N to the S. Alternatively, this ditch may be the grassed remains of an older extension to the same erosion scar. Further sub-circular bank-and-ditch earthwork enclosures (NG09NW 9) of about the same dimensions are located about 150m to the E, in the immediate vicinity of the standing stone (NG09NW 4).
Information from RCAHMS (SWC) 15 June 2004