Monument record 8693 - AF15 ARDVEENISH, ISLE OF FUIAY

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KERBED CAIRN

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Grid reference NF 74055 02271 (point)
Map sheet NF70SW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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AF15 (NF740023) A stone cairn with traces of kerbstones around the north side, but the southern half almost totally destroyed. The cairn, diam. c. 6 m, stands on the highest point of the island. The cairn material and kerbstones appear to have been demolished recently to build an arc of stone around the trig. point. Prehistoric kerbed cairn.
Branigan and Foster 2000, 17


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

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  • --- 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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Mar 21 2001 12:00AM

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