Monument record 9127 - K142 KIESSIMUL

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Shelters type C overlying prehistoric oval house?

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Grid reference NL 66173 99234 (point)
Map sheet NL69NE
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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K142 (NL661992) Complex site with two pairs of conjoined stone settings overlying an earlier structure. Pair 1 are 3 and 2 m diam., and pair 2 are 2 m and 1.5 m diam. Shelters type C. Pair 2 sit on top of an embedded, much disturbed and robbed oval stone and earth structure with some rabbit disturbance. The structure measures approx. 7 x 4.5 m. Prehistoric oval house?
Branigan and Foster 2000, 26

[NB 6 fig. grid ref. only, so inaccurate. CSB 17/4/01].


Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ..., 26 (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. 26.

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Apr 17 2001 12:00AM

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