Monument record 8577 - BORVE POINT

2.Borve Point
Site Type:Embanked enclosure
A sub-triangular enclosure,32 x 29 x 26.5m,attached to an old land boundary at the south west tip of Borve headland.The enclosure is marked by a low bank on which a number of upright stones stand at irregular intervals;the SE bank has nine stones still standing in situ.The land boundary,marked by a low bank,runs from the enclosure and disappears under the west wall of the modern cemetery 100m away.It appears to be heading towards the mound in the far south-east corner of the cemetery,site 1.One further bank can be seeen to run southwards from this boundary towards the waters edge,We belive this enclosure is ancient and may be broadly contempary with site 1.
Branigan and Grattan 1998

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 ... (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.