A125 Ardveenish
Kelp Working Site (Post Medieval)
Site Name A125 Ardveenish
Classification Kelp Working Site (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 335640
Site Number NF70SW 173
NGR NF 70814 03126
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/335640
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Barra
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
Archaeological Evaluation (January 2019)
NF 7078 0309 An evaluation and historic building recording was undertaken, in January 2019, relating to the remains of a 20th-century kelp factory.
A total of four trenches were excavated across site. Two wall footings were identified to the S of the southern factory wall, indicating the presence of an outbuilding attached to the southern wall of the factory. No other features were identified. An enhanced record of the southern wall of the Kelp Factory was also undertaken.
Archive: NHRE (intended)
Funder: Fraser Architecture LLP
Josh Gaunt - Headland Archaeology
(Source: DES Volume 20)
Field Visit
A125 (NF708031) The site of MacNeil's kelp factory, built c. 1832, now occupied by the Presbytery. The enclosure wall with several blocked arched gateways survives.
Branigan and Foster 2000, 16
[NB 6 fig. grid ref. only CSB 20/03/01].
