In the southern area of Calternish, William Bald recorded a solitary farmstead on his 1805 ‘Plan of South Uist’, named ‘Arriard’, aligned SW-NE, now remodelled as a sheep fank.
This crofthouse, South of the sheep fank, dates from the early part of the 20th Century, one of a series of remote dwellings/farms established in this area around that time, part of the reparations for the 19th Century Clearances.Its form is typical of croft houses of the period, with rounded corners and lime rendered inside and out. It is aligned SSE-NNW and two smaller contemporary out -buildings, probably a byre and a small barn, are close by. The window openings have been blocked with stonework after it fell out of use as a house, probably to make it more suitable as a sheep enclosure or lambing shelter. There are over 2 hectares of rig-and-furrow for agriculture nearby although today, the land is only used as pasture.
A one metre range-pole is located on the floor within the building, aligned North-South, with red to North.
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