Monument record 8570 - GORTEIN

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Clearence Cairn

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Grid reference NL 63425 97805 (point)
Map sheet NL69NW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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42.Gortein
Site Type:Clearence cairn
A grassed over cairn of mostly small stones from cultivation clearence,with a single upright monolith on one side.One of seventeen clearence cairns ,the rest of which are slightly upslope beyond the 50m coastal corridor.For the remainder,and a plan of the whole complex of which they are a part.
Branigan and Grattan p.29.

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Oct 17 2000 12:00AM

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