Lewis, Brenish
Grain Mill(S) (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Smithy (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lewis, Brenish
Classification Grain Mill(S) (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Smithy (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Breinis
Canmore ID 134086
Site Number NA92NE 2.01
NGR NA 990 256
NGR Description Centred NA 990 256
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/134086
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Uig
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Note
A township comprising thirty-six roofed buildings, which include a Smithy and three Corn Mills [see: NA92NE 2.02], eleven partially roofed buildings, which are annotated as Ruins, eight unroofed buildings, which are annotated as Ruins, several enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 29).
Forty-two roofed, one partially roofed, thirty-five unroofed buildings, several enclosures and the fragmentary remains of a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 19 August 1997.
