Monument record 8741 - SY72 SANDRAY

Summary

Shieling complex

Location

Grid reference NL 64526 91214 (point)
Map sheet NL69SW
Island Sandray
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

SY72 (NL64529121) Shieling complex.
Location: Inside dyke formation of upper Gleann Mor, just above Allt nam Bodach stream.
Description: Two subrectangular co-joining cells, 6 x 3 m, butted on north side of field wall across the dyke, from dyke east side to stream edge.
Note: Against north wall of cell (b) is a mass of collapsed stonework that may prove to be another structure.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 73

SY72a (NL64529121) Shelter.
Location: As above.
Description: Square single cell, 3 x 3 m, of stone and earth wall foundation with entrance to the east, butted to and using a field wall to the south.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 73

SY72b (NL64529121) Shelter.
Location: As above.
Description: Square single cell, 3 x 3 m, built on to and cojoining the north wall of shelter (a). Built of earth and stone walls with entrance to the east. Piled stone mounded to the north may be another structure.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 73


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

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Record last edited

Mar 27 2001 12:00AM

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