Monument record 879 - VALLAY HOUSE
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | NF 77130 76000 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NF77NE |
| Island | Vallay |
| Parish | NORTH UIST, Western Isles |
Map
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Full Description
NF77NE 23 7713 7600.
(Area : NF 772 759) There is a group of 10 (RCAHMS 1928) or 15 cup-marks on a flat rock showing just above the surface in the westmost walled field of Vallay Island (400 yds due west of Vallay House - RCAHMS 1928). Four are especially distinct while others are shall- ower and less clearly marked. The rock lies 100 yards from the shore.
E Beveridge 1911; RCAHMS 1928; J D Lyford-Pike 1941.
This rock is at NF 7713 7600. The thirteen cupmarks depicted on Pike's plan (J D Lyford-Pike 1940) can be seen although those hatched on his plan are very indistinct.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (J T T) 22 June 1965.
Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 275 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.
RCAHMS, 1928, The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, 86, No. 263 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5587.
J D Lyford-Pike, 1940-1, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 136 (Bibliographic reference). SWE4252.
Centre for Field Archaeology, 2005, Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, North Uist (Bibliographic reference). SWE41070.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SWE12876 Bibliographic reference: Erskine Beveridge. 1911. North Uist: its archaeology and topography. 275.
- --- SWE41070 Bibliographic reference: Centre for Field Archaeology. 2005. Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, North Uist.
- --- SWE4252 Bibliographic reference: J D Lyford-Pike. 1940-1. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 75. 127-44. 136.
- --- SWE5587 Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. 1928. The RCAHMCS 9th Report & Inventory: Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. 86, No. 263.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM
