Monument record 8703 - L20 LOCH OBE

Summary

BLACKHOUSE

Location

Grid reference NF 70615 00428 (point)
Map sheet NF70SW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

L20 (NF706004) Rectangular building 11.25 x 6.5 m with rounded corners and a wall 1.1 m wide. There is a door in the centre of one long wall, facing north-east and 0.9 m wide. There is no trace of a partition but a lambing pen has been built into the east corner at a later date, and there may be a similar pen built against the rear, west, wall. Blackhouse.
Branigan and Foster 2000, 18

[NB 6 fig. grid ref. only, so inaccurate. CSB 21/03/01].


Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ..., 18 (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster. 2000. From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles .... SEARCH vol 5. 18.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2001 12:00AM

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