Monument record 8838 - PY27 PABBAY

Summary

Peat dryer - grassy flat-topped mound

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Grid reference NL 59616 87594 (point)
Map sheet NL58NE
Island Pabbay, Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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PY27 (NL59618759) Peat dryer.
Location: Mid hill-slope shelf.
Description: Oval, 4.5 x 2.5 m, grassy flat-topped mound with widely spaced stone blocks of 0.5 - 1 m size range around perimeter.
Note: An unexpected monument for Pabbay, but it is within the parameters of comparable peat dryers found on Mingulay.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 85


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 29 2001 12:00AM

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