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Harris, Geocrab

Head Dyke (Post Medieval), School (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Harris, Geocrab

Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), School (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 122357

Site Number NG19SW 1.01

NGR NG 115 909

NGR Description centred on NG 115 909

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Western Isles
  • Parish Harris
  • Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
  • Former District Western Isles
  • Former County Inverness-shire

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Note

A township comprising thirty-three roofed buildings, one of which is annotated as a School, two partially roofed buildings, three unroofed buildings, thirteen enclosures and parts of a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Island of Harris 1881, sheet xviii). Thirty-two roofed, one partially roofed, twenty-five unroofed buildings, several enclosures and parts of a head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 27 February 1997

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