Monument record 8531 - BRUERNISH

NF70SW 98 7172 0277

One unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire, Hebrides, Barra 1881, sheet lxiii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971). A roofed building is marked approximately 10m to the N.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 17 June 1997

47. Bruernish (A33)
Site Type: 3 blackhouses, enclosure.
Three blackhouses with circular stone-built pen, c. 15 m diam. and other stone and turf walls. House 3 is 12 x 7 m, with a door in the centre of the east wall and two partitions dividing the interior into three rooms. Attached to its back wall at right angles is an out-building (1), 11 x 5.5 m, with a door in its south-east corner. This is a crudely constructed building the walls incorporating some large boulders. It may be a byre. House 2 stands west of 3, and is 10 x 6.5 m. It as a door in the centre of its west wall; a large gap in the east wall foundation is not original and probably the result of robbing. Flimsy secondary patition features enclose a small 'pen' in one corner and divide off the east end of the building. Building 4 stands north of building 2 and is 12 x 7 m, with a central door in its east wall and no trace of internal partitions. (FS.5)
Branigan and Grattan 1998, 16

A33 (NF718029) Cluster of four buildings, oval enclosure and turf wall. Building 1, 11 x 5.5 m, is overlain by building 3, 12 x 7 m, which is divided into three rooms. Building 2, 10 x 6.5 m, has minor internal partitions, and building 4, 12 x 7 m, has no partitions. The oval enclosure to the east is 20 m along its axis. House walls of 2, 3 and 4 survive to a maximum height of 2 m.
Branigan and Foster 2000, 12

Keith Branigan & John Grattan, 1998, Coastal Assessment Survey Barra and Vatersay (Bibliographic reference). SWE41024.

Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ..., 12 (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.