Monument record 8600 - Heishival Beag, Barra
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NL 64235 95868 (point) |
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Map sheet | NL69NW |
Island | Barra |
Parish | BARRA, Western Isles |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
30: Heishival Beag (VN144)
Small, thick-walled oblong building, 7 x 5m, door in SE wall, no internal wall, with a stone walled pan, 10 x 7m, at the rear.
Brannigan & Grattan 1998, 39
VN144 (NL643948) A thick-walled house, 7 x 5 m externally, a door to the south-east and no visible partitions. A pen, 10 x 7 m, is appended to the back of the house. Blackhouse.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 47
*This grid reference is a misprint which puts the site in the sea. It has been wrongly rounded from the grid reference in the Coastal Assessment of NL64309581. At six figures this should be NL643958. RCB 18/04/03
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.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SWE41024 Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & John Grattan. 1998. Coastal Assessment Survey Barra and Vatersay. 1 & 2.
- --- SWE41033 Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster. 2000. From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles .... SEARCH vol 5.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Nov 8 2000 12:00AM