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North Uist, Ronay, Rubha Na Buth
Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Naust (Period Unassigned), Stepping Stones (Period Unassigned)
Site Name North Uist, Ronay, Rubha Na Buth
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Naust (Period Unassigned), Stepping Stones (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 289937
Site Number NF85NE 40
NGR NF 89185 55057
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/289937
- Council Western Isles
- Parish North Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF85NE 40 8920 5510
NF 8920 5510 RAF aerial photograph 540/A/461 Frame 3068 shows an 'L' shaped building on the western side of Ronay. Site identified during a desk-based coastal zone assessment by GUARD.
David Sneddon, 2006.
Field Visit (27 October 2015)
Stone building(s), naust and stepping stones. A roughly rectangular plan building c. 5 x 3m has been excavated out of what appears to be an earlier circular structure c. 10m dia externally. The spoil may exist as an extension to the N side which also appears to be the entrance. In the SE corner a few larger stone slabs have been used to form a small niche c. 0.5m cubed. The walls are barely 1m high. To the west of the building just above the HWM a naust c. 8 x 4m x 2m deep with a V shaped cross section has been cut into the coastal bank. Connecting the HWMs by the naust and the tidal island adjacent is a set of 6 placed stepping stones and its likely that a further 3 or 4 are now missing. To the north of the naust is a short section of L shaped plan wall at the HWM c. 6 x 1.5m x 0.5m high x .6m thick partly backfilled behind to form a platform.
Visited by Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk (SCHARP) 27 October 2015
