Monument record 8694 - AF16 ARDVEENISH, ISLE OF FUIAY

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KERBED CAIRN

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Grid reference NF 74087 02271 (point)
Map sheet NF70SW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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AF16 (NF740023) A stone cairn with a continuous kerb of large stone blocks. The cairn is 7 m diameter and survives to a height of c. 70 cm. The kerbstones are mostly 45-85 cm in length, but the largest is 1.2 m AF16 stands 10 m from AF15. 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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