Monument record 2798 - TRAIGH MHOR, BARRA

Summary

Cleared building shown on 1st ed. OS map 1881

Location

Grid reference NF 69500 06200 (point)
Map sheet NF60NE
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

NF60NE 25 695 062

One unroofed long building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Hebrides, Barra 1881, sheet lxii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 2 June 1997

NF 695 062
No evidence was observed of the unroofed building shown on the 1st ed OS map, but substnantial sand deposition has altered the shoreline here since the 1880s.
Knott 2001, 22


Carol Knott, 2001, Barra & Vatersay Survey, Western Isles (Unpublished document). SWE41119.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Carol Knott. 2001. Barra & Vatersay Survey, Western Isles.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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