Monument record 8757 - SY88 SANDRAY

Summary

Complex of blackhouse and shelter

Location

Grid reference NL 63445 92084 (point)
Map sheet NL69SW
Island Sandray
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

SY88 (NL63449208) Complex of blackhouse and shelter.
Location: Plateau on lower hill slope.
Description: Subrectangular single cell unimproved blackhouse with shelter built later inside south-western corner.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 75

SY88a (NL63449208) Blackhouse.
Location: As above.
Description: Subrectangular single cell, 4.5 x 3 m, unimproved blackhouse with stone-faced walls of earth and stone 0.7 m thick. The structure appears to have been subject to some deconstruction and a small shelter (B) may have been built in one corner, but this has collapsed into an amorphous pile of stones. There may be opposing entrances, but only one is visible to the south, the other being covered with displaced rubble.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 75

SY88b (NL63449208) Shelter.
Location: As above.
Description: Shapeless conglomeration of collapsed stonework, 1 x 1 m, may be shelter built inside south-west corner of blackhouse.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 75


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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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 27 2001 12:00AM

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