Monument record 8726 - SY23 SANDRAY

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Complex of enclosure and shelter

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Grid reference NL 63316 91784 (point)
Map sheet NL69SW
Island Sandray
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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SY23 (NL63319178) Complex of enclosure and shelter.
Location: Lower hill-slope to valley.
Description: Oval enclosure and shelter or animal pen butted to rock crag face.
Note: Slight platform.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 70

SY23a (NL63319178) Enclosure.
Location: As above.
Description: Oval arc, 8 m radius, of spaced stones butted to rock crag face.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 70

SY23b (NL63319178) Shelter.
Location: As above within enclosure.
Description: Insubstantial ovoid, single cell, 3 m diam;, marked by a few stones around parameter and butted to rock crag face.
Note: Alternative possibility is animal pen.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 70


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 27 2001 12:00AM

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