Monument record 8617 - Rubh an Aiseig, Fuiay
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NF 73725 02721 (point) |
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Map sheet | NF70SW |
Island | Fuiay, Barra |
Parish | BARRA, Western Isles |
Map
Type and Period (3)
Full Description
AF8. Rubh an Aiseig
Site Type: outbuilding?
A heavily robbed and almost entirely grassed over building 6.3 x 5m, with walls about 0.65m wide. Entrance almost certainly on south facing into small bay. It stands apart from the building at site AF9 and is much mroe reduced and embedded than those.
Brannigan & Grattan 1998, 46
AF8* (NF737027) A heavily embedded and robbed rectangular stone structure, 6.5 x 3 m, with a wall 0.65 m wide. A door must have been located in the south wall. Small blackhouse, preceding main settlement (AF9)?
Branigan and Foster 2000, 16
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.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Mar 21 2001 12:00AM