Monument record 8710 - L29 LOCH OBE

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PREMODERN OCCUPATION SITE AND PLATFORM?

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Grid reference NF 71316 01791 (point)
Map sheet NF70SW
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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L29 (NF712018) Low flat-topped mound, 26 x 14 m, with marked edge around north and west sides. Set 25 m back from edge of Loch Obe close to a high rock face. Covered in ferns. Premodern occupation site and platform?
Branigan and Foster 2000, 18

[NB 6 fig. grid ref. only, so inaccurate. CSB 22/03/01].


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

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Record last edited

Mar 22 2001 12:00AM

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