Monument record 6885 - Bagh an Acaire, North Uist

Summary

Probable kiln barn, enclosure

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Grid reference NF 76384 74867 (point)
Map sheet NF77SE
Island North Uist
Parish NORTH UIST, Western Isles

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kiln-barn - oriented N-S, measuring 12m by 6m over denuded heather-covered double-faced boulder walls c. 1m wide by up to 0.5m high; opposing entrances c. 0.8m wide lie c. 1m from S ends of E and W walls; featureless interior.
enclosure - c. 10m across, occupies a bedrock knoll immediately S of kiln-barn; bounded by peaty bank.
Although a kiln bowl could not be defined, other recorded characteristics closely parallel kiln-barns observed elsewhere in the survey area.
Dunwell 1998


Andrew Dunwell, 1998, Vallay Strand Project 1995-7 (Unpublished document). SWE41015.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Andrew Dunwell. 1998. Vallay Strand Project 1995-7.

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Mar 2 2000 12:00AM

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