Monument record 8522 - LOCH OBE

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Blackhouse

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Grid reference NF 71083 01845 (point)
Map sheet NF70SW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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80.Loch Obe
Site Type:Blackhouse
Thick walled oblong building 9.6 x 5.5m,with door in middle of east wall.No internal partitions.Wall still stands a metre high.
Branigan and Grattan p.19.

This Blackhouse is likely to have been built after 1901. It does not appear on the 1st , 2nd or 3rd edition 6' OS maps; however the former post office located to the west is clearly shown.

K.Murphy (Archaeologist CnES). 14/06/2018

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Jun 14 2018 10:31AM

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