Monument record 8675 - A120 ARDVEENISH
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NF 7077 0366 (point) |
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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Carol Knott, 2001, Barra & Vatersay Survey, Western Isles (Unpublished document).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.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Mar 19 2001 12:00AM