North Uist, Balranald, Druim Na H-uamha
Quarry (19th Century), Souterrain (Prehistoric)
Site Name North Uist, Balranald, Druim Na H-uamha
Classification Quarry (19th Century), Souterrain (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 9992
Site Number NF76NW 5
NGR NF 73014 69857
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9992
- Council Western Isles
- Parish North Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF76NW 5 c729 697.
An earth-house on Balranald estate, close to the east edge of the high road and opposite Druim na h-Uamha, was partly excavated in 1896 by Alexander MacDonald, but afterwards filled in. It was of normal type.
E Beveridge 1911.
This earth-house was not located.
Visited by OS (J T T) 11 June 1965.
Field Visit (16 August 1915)
Earth-house (site of), Druim na h-Uamha, Balranald
At the east side of the main road at Druim na h-Uamha, near Balranald, some 400 yards south-east of the Parish Church of North Uist, is an earth-house which has been partly excavated and then filled up. No trace of it is now to be seen.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 16 August 1915
OS map: North Uist xxxiii (unnoted).
Desk Based Assessment (18 February 1965)
NF76NW 5 c729 697.
An earth-house on Balranald estate, close to the east edge of the high road and opposite Druim na h-Uamha, was partly excavated in 1896 by Alexander MacDonald, but afterwards filled in. It was of normal type.
Information from OS (BRS) 18 February 1965
E Beveridge 1911.
Field Visit (11 June 1965)
This earth-house was not located.
Visited by OS (J T T) 11 June 1965.
Field Visit (1 June 2012)
Although the exact site of this souterrain has not been recorded, a possible location for it is a low knoll on the NE side of the A865 public road some 500m SE of the parish church (NF77SW 22). Here, there is a series of partly in-filled quarry-pits, one of which, at its S end, contains what may be a short length of walling.
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH, IP) 1 June 2012.
