Monument record 6497 - Barvas

Summary

Field wall

Location

Grid reference NB 34934 51775 (point)
Map sheet NB35SW
Island Lewis
Township Barvas, Barvas, Western Isles
Parish BARVAS, Western Isles

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Surrounding Land Status code - A Recommended Action - Monitor, survey, excavate (?) (Burgess & Church 1997)

Site 22, line of clearance
Cook 1999, 10 & 19

This is almost certainly a field wall, with a deliberate gap, not just a linear clearance cairn. MML 29.9.99


Burgess, Christopher & Church, Michael, 1997, Coastal Erosion Assessment, Lewis. A Report for Historic Scotland (Bibliographic reference). SWE41000.

Murray Cook, 1999, Machair erosion survey of Barvas Sands, Isle of Lewiis, the Outer Hebrides (Unpublished document). SWE41012.

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: Burgess, Christopher & Church, Michael. 1997. Coastal Erosion Assessment, Lewis. A Report for Historic Scotland.
  • --- Unpublished document: Murray Cook. 1999. Machair erosion survey of Barvas Sands, Isle of Lewiis, the Outer Hebrides.

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Record last edited

Sep 29 1999 12:00AM

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