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Fish Trap (Period Unassigned)

Site Name South Uist, Hartavagh

Classification Fish Trap (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Eilean Dubh

Canmore ID 315844

Site Number NF81NW 6

NGR NF 8285 1526

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/315844

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Oblique aerial view of the remains of multiple fish traps near the remains of the township of Hartavagh and surrounding lazy beds, South Uist, taken from the ESE.

DP 109557

Oblique aerial view of the remains of multiple fish traps near the remains of the township of Hartavagh and surrounding lazy beds, South Uist, taken from the ESE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

14/11/2011

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Oblique aerial view of the remains of multiple fish traps near the remains of the township of Hartavagh and surrounding lazy beds, South Uist, taken from the SE.

DP 109556

Oblique aerial view of the remains of multiple fish traps near the remains of the township of Hartavagh and surrounding lazy beds, South Uist, taken from the SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

14/11/2011

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Oblique aerial view of the remains of multiple fish traps near the remains of the township of Hartavagh and surrounding lazy beds, South Uist, taken from the E.

DP 110604

Oblique aerial view of the remains of multiple fish traps near the remains of the township of Hartavagh and surrounding lazy beds, South Uist, taken from the E.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

14/11/2011

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Oblique aerial view of the fish traps at Hairteabhagh, looking WNW.

DP 221976

Oblique aerial view of the fish traps at Hairteabhagh, looking WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

18/9/2015

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Oblique aerial view of the fish traps at Hairteabhagh, looking WNW.

DP 221978

Oblique aerial view of the fish traps at Hairteabhagh, looking WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

18/9/2015

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Oblique aerial view of the fish traps at Hairteabhagh, looking WNW.

DP 221977

Oblique aerial view of the fish traps at Hairteabhagh, looking WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

18/9/2015

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Oblique aerial view of the fish traps at Hairteabhagh, looking WNW.

DP 221979

Oblique aerial view of the fish traps at Hairteabhagh, looking WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

18/9/2015

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Oblique aerial view of the remains of multiple fish traps near the remains of the township of Hartavagh and surrounding lazy beds, South Uist, taken from the SE.

DP 110603

Oblique aerial view of the remains of multiple fish traps near the remains of the township of Hartavagh and surrounding lazy beds, South Uist, taken from the SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

14/11/2011

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Survey drawing, Hairteabhagh township, South Uist.

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Survey drawing, Hairteabhagh township, South Uist.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

1/7/2012

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Oblique aerial view of the remains of multiple fish traps near the remains of the township of Hartavagh and surrounding lazy beds, South Uist, taken from the ESE.

Oblique aerial view of the remains of multiple fish traps near the remains of the township of Hartavagh and surrounding lazy beds, South Uist, taken from the SE.

Oblique aerial view of the remains of multiple fish traps near the remains of the township of Hartavagh and surrounding lazy beds, South Uist, taken from the E.

Oblique aerial view of the fish traps at Hairteabhagh, looking WNW.

Oblique aerial view of the fish traps at Hairteabhagh, looking WNW.

Oblique aerial view of the fish traps at Hairteabhagh, looking WNW.

Oblique aerial view of the fish traps at Hairteabhagh, looking WNW.

Oblique aerial view of the remains of multiple fish traps near the remains of the township of Hartavagh and surrounding lazy beds, South Uist, taken from the SE.

Survey drawing, Hairteabhagh township, South Uist.

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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

Activities

Aerial Photography (14 November 2011)

2011 RCAHMS Aerial Survey

Field Visit (30 June 2012)

This fish trap, which comprises a broad, arcing spread of boulders measuring up to about 50m in length by 6.6m in thickness and 0.6m in height, spans the narrow channel between the SW shore of Eilean Dubh and the mainland. Visible on aerial photographs taken in 2011 (RCAHMSAP), the trap lies fully exposed at low tide. Given its relatively good condition and its near proximity to a post-medieval settlement (NF81NW 3), it is probable that the two are closely associated.

Beveridge (1911, 323) described how small nets were lodged in a ‘dam formed by small stones’ in North Uist, and it may be that this feature acted in a similar way. Two galvanised steel anchor points, one on each side of the channel, and a pile of netting nearby demonstrates the continuation of fishing here into more recent times.

Visited by RCAHMS (GFG) 30 June 2012.

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