THE findings of the community archaeology survey at Bostadh, Great Bernera was presented at a National Archaeology Conference in Fort William this week.
Caroline Godwin from Bostadh Archaeology Group gave an overview of the features of the ruinous buildings and what has been gleaned about some of the agricultural and fishing sites surrounding the village, deserted in the 1870s.
The project began
as a Scotland's Rural Past project in March 2009, when volunteers learned the skills necessary to research and record archaeological features in the Bostadh landscape.
An SRP spokesperson said: "Bostadh is an excellent example of a pre-Improvement Lewis township. This project will provide us with a better understanding of the historic landscape and how the archaeology of different periods and industries - including crop growing, fishing and kelp - survived amongst it.
"We enjoyed the project volunteers' presentation and are very pleased that such a committed and enthusiastic group of people embarked upon this exciting survey."
A copy of the findings of the Bostadh survey to date: including drawings, photographs, measurements and site descriptions, are to be included in the Discovery and Excavation publication to be published in May 2010.
