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North Uist, Liernish
Township (Post Medieval)
Site Name North Uist, Liernish
Classification Township (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Liernis
Canmore ID 84376
Site Number NF85NE 21
NGR NF 8739 5855
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/84376
- Council Western Isles
- Parish North Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF85NE 21 875 585
The village of Liernish, deserted in the early 19th-century was planned by I A Crawford [on behalf of the School of Scottish Studies].
D G Hurst 1969.
Field Visit (1 October 2014 - 1 November 2015)
NF 87400 58550 (Canmore ID: 84376) Liernish (OAI 27) – Building – Two rectangular buildings outlined by mainly single skin stone walls are set out at right angles to one another and joined by a short passage. The larger, to the E, measured c6 x 3.5m internally and appears to have two entrances on opposite elevations. The building to the S may have the remains of a windbreak on its W side.
The smaller building lies to the NW, measured c4.5 x 2.5m internally and appears to have no other entrance than the short passage connection (c1 x 1m) to the larger building. This layout is almost identical to the Norse period house excavated at Kilphedar and dated to cAD1100. Immediately to the SE lie the remains of an oval building or enclosure c10m in diameter.
Report: National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE)
Website: uistsummerwine.weebly.com
David Newman, Simon Davies and Roger Auger
(Source: DES, Volume 16)
