Monument record 8501 - Vallay Strand

Summary

Turf enclosure; bank

Location

Grid reference NF 76945 74354 (point)
Map sheet NF77SE
Island North Uist
Parish NORTH UIST, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Remains of three possible turf-banked enclosures. At NF 7691 7434 a putative rectilinear enclosure measuring 10m NE-SW by 8m over rubble banks c. 2m wide and 0.5m high, with opposing breaks at the NE end of the NW and SE sides; at NF 7693 7434, and 13m N of the above, a rectilinear enclosure measuring 7m NW-SE by 6m over a turf bank 0.6m wide by 0.4m high except where defined by glacial erratic boulders to the N, with a featureless interior; at NF 7690 7434 a sinuous length of turf bank is present.


Andrew Dunwell, 1998, Vallay Strand Project 1995-7 (Unpublished document).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

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Andrew Dunwell. 1998.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

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Sep 15 2000 12:00AM

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