Lewis, South Dell
Field Boundary(S) (Prehistoric), Settlement (Iron Age)(Possible), Unidentified Pottery (Iron Age)
Site Name Lewis, South Dell
Classification Field Boundary(S) (Prehistoric), Settlement (Iron Age)(Possible), Unidentified Pottery (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 4383
Site Number NB46SE 9
NGR NB 47444 61701
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4383
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Barvas
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NB46SE 9 47444 61701
At NB 4744 6170 partly exposed by peat diggings on a rise, is a roughly circulr bank of closely packed, rubble stones, c 3.0m wide, and about 10.0m overall diameter. The centre has been cleared by an old excavation but has exposed nothing except a depression in the SE, probably an entrance, which leads to the slight traces of what may be an annexe. This, together with the remains of several nearby field walls exposed at the same depth, 2 -3 feet down in the peat, suggests that this is a homestead, despite the lack of evidence such as wall faces. Mr A Smith (A Smith, 3 Aird, Barvas, Lewis) has found Iron Age 'B' potsherds at the site but these are since lost.
Visited by OS (N K B) 15 June 1969.
