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Loch Baghasdal, Pabbay

Monastic Settlement (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Site Name Loch Baghasdal, Pabbay

Classification Monastic Settlement (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Loch Boisdale

Canmore ID 270752

Site Number NF71NE 25

NGR NF 7782 1947

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Western Isles
  • Parish South Uist
  • Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
  • Former District Western Isles
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NF71NE 25 7782 1947

NF 7782 1947 Pabbay, Loch Baghasdal. ?Early monastic settlement. At the summit of the southern part of the island, stemming off from a large outcrop of bedrock, is a large stone-strewn mound. At the top of this mound, to the E of the bedrock, is a sub-circular cellular structure, c 4 x 5m internally, heavily overgrown and denuded. To the N and E are what appear to be two or three further cells, also heavily turfed over. They are located lower down the slope than the initial cell, but whether they pre-date it or not was not discernible. The upper cell could be a badly built or denuded blackhouse, but its state of disrepair would suggest otherwise. No settlement is recorded on the estate map of 1805, or 1st edition OS map. There are no other features on the island apart from walls (one appearing under the peat at some depth) and cultivation ridges.

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J A Raven 2003

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