Monument record 8732 - SY48 SANDRAY

SY48 (NL65089033) Shieling complex.
Location: On cliff at east side of neck to Leehinish peninsula.
Description: Unclear structures of possibly subcircular shape, very disarranged, set within enclosed area between denuded bedrock and stream.
Note: Site in state of erosion from stream. Exposed periglacial deposits 1.5 m deep reveal peat with much tree wood.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 72

SY48a (NL65089033) Shieling.
Location: As above.
Description: Oval, 5 m diam., of indiscitnct single cell marked by spaced stone settings.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 72

SY48b (NL65089033) Shieling.
Location: As above.
Description: Subcircular single cell, 3.3 m diam., of spaced stone settings.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 72

SY48c (NL65089033) Enclosure.
Location: As above.
Description: Curved wall of drystone enclosing an area, 15 x 10 m, bounded by a stream to of the south enclosure and exposed bedrock to the north.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 72

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