EHG453 - Field survey - Eigg
Technique(s)
Organisation
RCAHMS
Date
Apr 01-Feb 03
Description
The archaeological survey of Eigg was undertaken by RCAHMS between April 2001 and February 2003. It involved the GPS mapping of 1163 individual structures, the detailed characteristics of which were recorded in a database. Additional features such as the remains of cultivation, clearance cairns and field banks were recorded by GPS or transcribed from aerial photography. Some 19 detailed surveys were undertaken.
GIS spatial data created in 2019 based on OS1: 25,000 mapping. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
Location
| Location | Isle of Eigg |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | Centred NM 4675 8713 (6597m by 9003m) (2 map features) |
| Map sheet | NM48NE |
| Operational Area | ROSS SKYE AND LOCHABER |
| Civil Parish | SMALL ISLES |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
Related Monuments/Buildings (45)
- MHG62888 Boathouse, naust and slipway - Laig, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62884 Boundary bank - Gleann Charadail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62894 Boundary banks - Gleann Charadail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62895 Boundary banks - Gleann Charadail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62885 Boundary banks - Laig, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62890 Boundary banks and rig - Laig, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG51651 Building - Laig, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG51652 Building - Laig, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG17325 Clanranald Harbour - Isle of Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62871 Dyke - Slaibh Beinn Tighe, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62873 Dyke and hut - Sliabh Beinn Tighe, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62876 Enclosure - Poll Duchail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62891 Enclosures - Laig, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG46074 Fishtraps - Galmisdale Bay, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62870 Head dyke and boundary dykes - Laig, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62866 Hut - Laig, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62867 Hut - Laig, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62868 Hut - Na Sidheanan, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62865 Hut and dyke - Laig, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG33337 Hut circle - Cnoc Smeordail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG5701 Hut circle - Gleann Charadail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62877 Hut circle - Gleann Charadail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62878 Hut circle - Gleann Charadail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG46073 Hut circle - Manse Wood, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG5444 Hut circle - Sliabh Beinn Tighe, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62875 Hut circle - Sliabh Beinn Tighe, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG41256 Hut circle and enclosure - Cnoc Smeordail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG46011 Hut circle and enclosure - Cnoc Smeordail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62889 Huts, boundary banks and rig - Laig, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62869 Huts, enclosures, pen, peat stand and Lazy-beds - Laig, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62892 Huts, platform, enclosure and mound - Laig, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG52469 Laig Farm - Eigg (Building)
- MHG62872 Marker cairns - Slaibh Beinn Tighe, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62880 Mound - Gleann Charadail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62887 Mounds - Cnoc Chroleaman, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62893 Mounds - Gleann Charadail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62883 Pen and boundary bank - Gleann Charadail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62864 Possible farmstead - Laig, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62879 Shieling hut - Gleann Charadail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62881 Shieling hut and pen - Gleann Charadail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG53285 Shieling huts - Cnoc Smeordail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG5700 Shieling huts - Gleann Charadail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62882 Shieling huts and mounds - Gleann Charadail, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62874 Shieling huts, enclosures, pens, and mounds - Sliabh Beinn Tighe, Eigg (Monument)
- MHG62886 Township - Laig, Eigg (Monument)
Record last edited
Jul 3 2023 3:29PM