Monument record 8608 - Cornaig Bay, Barra

Summary

Small stone building, possible shieling

Location

Grid reference NL 63682 96531 (point)
Map sheet NL69NW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

46. Cornaig Bay (VN44)
Very heavily embedded (oval) stone structure, 4.3 x 3.3m, either a small hut or large shelter.
Brannigan & Grattan 1998, 41

VN44 (NL637966) A heavily embedded and collapsed oval stone and turf shelter type C 4.2 x 3.4 m, less than 0.5 m from the high-water mark.

Brannigan and Foster 2000, 43


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)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & John Grattan. 1998. Coastal Assessment Survey Barra and Vatersay. 1 & 2.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster. 2000. From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles .... SEARCH vol 5.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Nov 14 2000 12:00AM

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