Monument record 8675 - A120 ARDVEENISH

Summary

STRUCTURE

Location

Grid reference NF 7077 0366 (point)
Map sheet NF70SW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A120 (NF708037) Rectangular structure, 2.3 x 2.1 m, built against a low rock face with door at north-east corner.
Branigan and Foster 2000, 15

[6 fig. grid ref. only CSB 19/03/01].

NF 7077 0366
A squarish east-facing shelter, built against a rock boulder face 1m high, with door at north end of east wall. Exterior 2.2m x 1.9m; interior 1.4m by 1.1m. Walls, heavily overgrown, survive to 0.7m high and are built with a considerable batter. The south wall is earth-packed but the east wall is drystone and may be more recent. Sheffield shelter type F. A rectangular structure A120 recorded by Sheffield at NF 708 037 is of a similar description.
Knott 2001, 25

The two descriptions above are assumed to be of the same structure, which has been relocated on the map to the more accurate coordinates
MML 8.2.2007


Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ... (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.

Carol Knott, 2001, Barra & Vatersay Survey, Western Isles (Unpublished document). SWE41119.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster. 2000. From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles .... SEARCH vol 5.
  • --- Unpublished document: Carol Knott. 2001. Barra & Vatersay Survey, Western Isles.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (2)

Record last edited

Mar 19 2001 12:00AM

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