Monument record 8860 - PY49 PABBAY
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | NL 60556 87224 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NL68NW |
| Island | Pabbay, Barra |
| Parish | BARRA, Western Isles |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
PY49 (NL60558722) Complex of shelter and platform.
Location: Valley.
Description: Circular mass of stonework, presumably mostly collapsed and disarranged, set on platform. Stone has most likely been robbed to construct the modern enclosures PY53 that are central to the valley.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 86
PY49a (NL60558722) Shelter.
Location: As above.
Description: Circular, 4 m diam., mass of stonework suggesting a possible ring-wall with much disarranged material.
Note: Could have been a roundhouse. Active erosion.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 86
PY49b (NL60558722) Platform.
Location: As above.
Description: Possibly oval, 7.5 x 4 m, seversly eroded.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 86
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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Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Mar 29 2001 12:00AM
