Monument record 8820 - PY8 PABBAY

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Subrectangular shelter, possibly a chambered tomb

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Grid reference NL 61785 87104 (point)
Map sheet NL68NW
Island Pabbay, Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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PY8 (NL61788710) Shelter.
Location: Mid hill-slope shelf above coastal cliffs on Rosinish peninsula.
Description: Subrectangular single cell, 3 x 2.5 m, with large blocks of stone up to 1.1 m in size, but tumbled stonework obscures true definition.
Note: Could be a chamber tomb.
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.

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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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Record last edited

Mar 28 2001 12:00AM

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