Monument record 8815 - PY2 PABBAY

Summary

Complex of shelters and possibly earlier structures on Rosinish peninsula

Location

Grid reference NL 61546 87324 (point)
Map sheet NL68NW
Island Pabbay, Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

PY2 (NL61548732) Complex of shelters.
Location: Shelf on Rosinish peninsula.
Description: Two drystone shelters set side by side. Both shelters appear to be constructed on top of, and possibly out of, some earlier structures that can now be seen only as shaped mounds partially obscured by the later buildings.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 83

PY2a (NL61548732) Shelter.
Location: As above.
Description: Oval single cell, 3.5 x 2.5 m, with drystone walls slightly disarranged and no visible entrance.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 83

PY2b (NL61548732) Shelter.
Location: As above.
Description: Circular single cell, 2.5 m, drystone walls and no visible entrance.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 83


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 28 2001 12:00AM

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