Monument record 8941 - MY11 MINGULAY

Summary

Cairn

Location

Grid reference NL 56965 84475 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Island Mingulay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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Full Description

MY11 (NL56968447) Cairn.
Location: Inside dyke.
Description: Circular, 2 m diam., piled ring and mound of stones eroding onto exposed bedrock. Surviving upright stones set inside ring of flat-laid stones may be remnant of small cell, but most of the stonework is displaced.
Note: Active erosion. Excavated, see Chapter 7, p. 307.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 97


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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Record last edited

Mar 30 2001 12:00AM

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