Monument record 8724 - SY21 SANDRAY

SY21 (NL63259180) Shieling complex (enclosure and shelters).
Location: Valley floor.
Description: Ovoid enclosure of single stone settings with three shelters or animal perns attached. This is typical of the type of site that we often classify as a sheiling, but the structures are little more than shelters (B, C and D) with associated enclosures and pens formed of single stone settings (A). These are presumably stones put along the bottom of a wire fence to stop the livestock from pushing underneath the bottom wire.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 69

SY21a (NL63259180) Enclosure.
Location: As above.
Description: Ovoid setting of single stones marking c. 10 m diam. Enclosure butted to rock face with entrance to south-east.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 69

SY21b (NL63259180) Shelter
Location: As above.
Description: 2 m square single cell shelter set inside, and incorporating part of, the enclosure wall. Entrance into the enclosure.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 69

SY21c (NL63259180) Shelter
Location: As above.
Description: Rectangular, 4 x 3 m, single cell shelter set externally to, but incorporating, the enclosure wall. Entrance into the enclosure.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 69

SY21d (NL63259180) Shelter
Location: As above.
Description: Rectangular, 1 x 0.60 m, single cell shelter at enclosure entrance. Form not clearly identifiable.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 69

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