Monument record 8828 - PY17 PABBAY
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NL 60185 88105 (point) |
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Map sheet | NL68NW |
Island | Pabbay, Barra |
Parish | BARRA, Western Isles |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
PY17 (NL60188810) Shieling complex.
Location: Lower coastal hill-slope shelf.
Description: Group of shelters and cairns set within the perimeter of a sub-rectangular enclosure, 55 x 25 m, marked by piled, much-disarranged stone. All the components of the group are in a degraded state with their structural stonework displaced and in places absent.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 84
PY17a (NL60188810) Shelter.
Location: As above.
Description: Circular stone ring, 5 m diam., greatly disturbed. May actually be a twin cell structure but stonework is indistinct.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 84
PY17b (NL60188810) Shelter.
Location: As above.
Description: Rectangular single cell, 8 x 5 m, with possible internal sructures.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 84
PY17c (NL60188810) Cairn (clearance)
Location: As above.
Description: 2 m diam. cluster of stones.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 84
PY17d (NL60188810) Cairn (clearance)
Location: As above.
Description: Square pile of stones.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 84
PY17e (NL60188810) Enclosure.
Location: As above.
Description: Indistinct subrectangular enclosure, c. 55 x 25 m, of piled and set stone with many gaps.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 84
Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ... (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SWE41033 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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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Mar 28 2001 12:00AM