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Lewis, North Tolsta, Osavat
Crannog (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lewis, North Tolsta, Osavat
Classification Crannog (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 4408
Site Number NB54NW 7
NGR NB 5357 4728
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4408
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Stornoway
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NB54NW 7 5357 4728.
There was an island with a house on it in the middle of a loch at Osavat (Allt Loch Osavat is at NB 538 478). The loch has been drained and is now cultivated but it is still liable to flood.
The ashes and bones of animals can still be seen on the 'island'.
D MacIver 1934
Mr M'Iver, shopkeeper, at Tolsta, drained a loch on his croft many years ago. The bottom was infertile except on a low mound where he found stakes stuck all round and fragments of pottery.
F O Blundell 1913.
The loch was centred at NB 5357 4729 and is now represented by a marshy hollow, with no trace of the island. The tradition of the find is still known locally.
Visited by OS (A A) 13 June 1969.
