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# Berie
Berie is a settlement site located 700 metres north-west of Lewis in Ross-shire, Scotland. The site occupies terrain underlain by an ancient unnamed igneous intrusion of Palaeoproterozoic age, comprising felsic rock that has weathered into the bedrock of this north-western Highland landscape. This geological foundation, exposed across much of Lewis, formed approximately 2.5 billion years ago during the Earth's Archean and Proterozoic aeons, providing a challenging but workable terrain for human habitation.
The settlement at Berie represents a phase of occupation within the broader pattern of inhabited sites across the Lewis peninsula. Such settlement sites in the far north of mainland Scotland vary considerably in date and character, from prehistoric to medieval periods, reflecting centuries of human adaptation to one of Scotland's most remote rural districts.
The site is designated and protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3991, recognising its importance to understanding the settlement history of Ross-shire. The specific archaeological evidence preserved at Berie, combined with its location on the ancient Palaeoproterozoic bedrock, contributes to the archaeological record of human occupation in the northern Highlands.
Berie,Lewis,settlement site,700m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3991. View the official record →
# Berie Berie is a settlement site located 700 metres north-west of Lewis in Ross-shire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3991.
Berie,Lewis,settlement site,700m NW of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM3991.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Loch Baravat,horizontal water-mills N of (0.3 km), Loch na Berie,broch and causeway (0.5 km), St Peter's Church, Pabay Mor, Lewis (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Berie,Lewis,settlement site,700m NW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Berie,Lewis,settlement site,700m NW of stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Palaeoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Paleoproterozoic. The rock here is felsic-rock.