Monument record 8586 - Biruaslum, Barra

10. Biruaslum (BM5)
NL60709633
Rectangular stone setting 5.5 x 2.5m. Three stones on edge form a right angle at one end, with a fourth upright stone making a short return. The rest of the structure is of flat stones, but for a 1m high stone in the south side. The overall impression is of a shelter 3.5 x 2.5m, with a port or annexe 2 x 2.5m , but the location, on an open shelf totally exposed to westerly gales must raise a query over this interpretation.
Brannigan & Grattan 1998, 37

BM5 (NL607963) Rectangular stone setting, 5.5 x 2.5 m. Three stones on edge form a right angle at one end, with a fourth upright stone making a short return. The rest of the structure is of flat stones, but for a 1 m high stone in the south side. The overall impression is of a shelter, 3.5 x 2.5 m, with a porch or annexe, 2 x 2.5 m, but the location, on an open shelf totally exposed to westerly gales, must raise a query over this interpretation.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 49

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.