Allt Na Creige
Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Allt Na Creige
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Tarbert
Canmore ID 308625
Site Number NG19NE 17
NGR NG 15369 99848
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
Ground Survey (June 2009)
NB 1500 0000 (centred on)
A walkover survey was undertaken during June 2009 in advance of the planting of an amenity woodland. No archaeological features of definite pre-19th-century date were identified. Two major conjoining land boundaries were observed, one (NB 14839 00179) running through the proposed woodland area, and another
lying beyond it to the S (NB 14769 99684). Although these are both shown on the 1st Edition OS maps of 1882, indicating that they were both visible at the time of mapping, they are likely to date from a substantially earlier period, with evidence for repair or reconstruction in various places. There are two enclosed areas on the N-facing slope overlooking Tarbert. To the W, to NB14712 00168, an irregular area c1km in length has been enclosed by a head dyke and cultivated. This field system may have been abandoned at the time of mapping. To the E, to NB 15369 99848, a much more regular area is enclosed by another boundary. This does not appear to have been cultivated, and may have been set out at a different period or for a different purpose than the western enclosure. The generally poor preservation of the head dyke implies that the enclosure was old in 1882. At NB 15006 00091 in the SE corner of the western field system, a house appears to have been built as a traditional blackhouse, shown as roofless in 1882. At some subsequent date, it has been modernised, with the addition of ‘improvement’ features such as a window, and an end gable wall containing a mural fireplace and possibly a chimney. Some re-use and re-organisation of the field system at the E end of the original enclosure appears to have taken place at the same time.
Report: RCAHMS and Western Isles SMR (intended)
Funder: Diracleit and Kendibeg Common Grazings
C M Knott 2009