Monument record 1219 - SHEABIE, BERNERAY

Summary

Possible site of cist cemetery

Location

Grid reference NF 89500 80062 (point)
Map sheet NF88SE
Island Berneray
Parish HARRIS, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NF88SE 11 895 800

'In a line between this dun (NF87NE 20) and a point on the beach known as 'Ru Carran', there has been found from time to time a number of stone coffins, each containing human remains. The site on which these discoveries were made can only be pointed out in one or two cases...' Name Book 1877.

Site of these cists not located.
Visited by OS 20 June 1965.


Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 5, 242 (Unpublished document). SWE4254.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Name Book (County). 1998. Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 5, 242.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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