Lewis, Cunndal | Canmore

Lazy Beds (Post Medieval)

Site Name Lewis, Cunndal

Classification Lazy Beds (Post Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Butt Of Lewis

Canmore ID 270561

Site Number NB56NW 29

NGR NB 5150 6560

NGR Description Centred on NB 5150 6560

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Digital Images

SC 924863

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of turf-walled buildings, taken from the ENE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

29/9/2004

SC 968150

General oblique aerial view looking across the remains of the lazy beds and the turf-walled buildings towards the lighthouse, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

29/9/2004

SC 1692527

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of turf buildings with lazy beds adjacent, taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

24/9/2004

SC 1692528

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of turf buildings with lazy beds adjacent, taken from the E.

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24/9/2004

SC 1692529

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of turf buildings with lazy beds adjacent, taken from the ENE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

24/9/2004

SC 1692628

General oblique aerial view looking across the remains of the lazy beds and the turf-walled buildings towards the lighthouse, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

29/9/2004

SC 968148

Oblique aerial view centred on St Moluag's chapel and township with lazy beds at Eoropie, Lewis and Butt of Lewis lighthouse adjacent, taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

29/9/2004

DP 109585

General oblique aerial view of the head dyke, field boundaries and lazy beds looking across Gnoc Bealach Sto towards Port Sto, Isle of Lewis, taken from the W.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

15/11/2011

SC 1690880

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of turf-walled buildings with lazy beds adjacent, taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

29/9/2004

SC 1692530

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of turf buildings with lazy beds adjacent, taken from the NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

24/9/2004

SC 1007529

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of turf-walled buildings with lazy beds adjacent, taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

29/9/2004

DP 007837

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the enclosure and buildings with the remains of the lazy beds adjacent, taken from the ENE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

28/9/2004

DP 235901

Oblique aerial view.

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Historic Environment Scotland

4/6/2016

SC 1690879

General oblique aerial view looking across the lighthouse towards the township and lazy beds, taken from the NNE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

29/9/2004

SC 1692589

General oblique aerial view looking across the lighthouse towards Eoropie, taken from the NNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

28/9/2004

SC 1692630

Oblique aerial view centred on St Moluag's chapel and township with lazy beds at Eoropie, Lewis and Butt of Lewis lighthouse adjacent, taken from the S.

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29/9/2004

DP 007836

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the enclosure and buildings with the remains of the lazy beds adjacent, taken from the WSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

28/9/2004

DP 111203

Oblique aerial view of the remains of the lazy beds, field boundaries and enclosures, taken from the SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

15/11/2011

SC 1692588

General oblique aerial view looking across the lighthouse towards Eoropie, taken from the N.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

28/9/2004

SC 1692626

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of turf-walled buildings with lazy beds adjacent, taken from the SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

29/9/2004

SC 1692627

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of turf-walled buildings with lazy beds adjacent, taken from the ENE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

29/9/2004

SC 1690878

General oblique aerial view looking across the lighthouse towards the township and lazy beds, taken from the NNE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

29/9/2004

SC 1692587

General oblique aerial view looking across the lighthouse towards Eoropie, taken from the NNE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

28/9/2004

SC 1692629

General oblique aerial view looking across the remains of the lazy beds and the turf-walled buildings towards the lighthouse, taken from the SSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

29/9/2004

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NB56NW 29 centred on 5150 6560

A large expanse of lazy bed cultivation with different alignments stretches from the Butt of Lewis lighthouse (NB56NW 8) to Cunndal. It is overlain by the linear fields of the improved crofts at Eoropie to the E and is probably a continuation of the field-system depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1853, sheet 1) to the SW (NB56NW 19). Considered together with the cultivation remains visible on the NE coast (NB56NW 28), this expanse represents a very large area of cultivation subsequently abandoned.

Information from RCAHMS (SMDG) 1 February 2005

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