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Lewis, Bragar, Whalebone Arch
Arch (Period Unknown)
Site Name Lewis, Bragar, Whalebone Arch
Classification Arch (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Jawbone Arch
Canmore ID 171411
Site Number NB24NE 50
NGR NB 2916 4772
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/171411
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Barvas
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NB24NE 50 2916 4772
NB 2916 4772 Site identified as part of a desk-based assessment and walk-over survey. Large whalebone arch (Blue Whale, lower jaw bone) erected as a gateway to a private house; symbolic of an industry in which local men were involved, though this specimen was from a beached whale with a harpoon embedded in its back. Mounted by metal brackets on a pair of substantial rubble-built piers and braced at the top with a harpoon slung underneath. Site visited during walkover survey, the jaw bones underwent extensive restoration in 2000, and as a result they have been encased in fibreglass to protect them from the elements.
Jacobs, 2007.
Field Visit (2007)
NB 2916 4772 Site identified as part of a desk-based assessment and walk-over survey. Large whalebone arch (Blue Whale, lower jaw bone) erected as a gateway to a private house; symbolic of an industry in which local men were involved, though this specimen was from a beached whale with a harpoon embedded in its back. Mounted by metal brackets on a pair of substantial rubble-built piers and braced at the top with a harpoon slung underneath. Site visited during walkover survey, the jaw bones underwent extensive restoration in 2000, and as a result they have been encased in fibreglass to protect them from the elements.
Jacobs, 2007.
