Monument record 8758 - SY89 SANDRAY

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Shieling

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Grid reference NL 63506 92064 (point)
Map sheet NL69SW
Island Sandray
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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SY89 (NL63509206) Shieling.
Location: Mid-slope inside dyke.
Description: Building with two trapezoidal-shaped cells, 7 x 4 m, built against field wall and bedrock exposure. Entrance from the west with internal doorway leading into second room. Both cells measure 3.5 x 4 m and are constructed of drystone walling.
Note: Masses of displaced collapsed stonework.
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.

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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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