Monument record 8533 - BRUERNISH

Summary

L-shaped house

Location

Grid reference NF 72024 02745 (point)
Map sheet NF70SW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

49. Bruernish (A31)
Site Type: L-shaped house
An unusual house with two wings at right angles, the E-W wing is 9 x 5m, and the N-S is 8 x 5m. The E-W wing has a single room 6 x 5m with a door in its SW corner, and a window to its right. The N-S wing has two rooms, one 8 x 4m entered from a door in the NW corner of the building, and a second 5 x 3m, entered through an internal door in a partition wall. This room has a window in its south wall.
Branigan and Grattan 1998, 16

A31* (NF720027) L-shaped house, 14 x 5 m, divided into two rooms with separate entrances. Walls stand to window height.
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.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & John Grattan. 1998. Coastal Assessment Survey Barra and Vatersay. 1 & 2.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster. 2000. From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles .... SEARCH vol 5. 12.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Oct 12 2000 12:00AM

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