Monument record 9195 - B53 BORVE VALLEY

Summary

Abandoned croft complex

Location

Grid reference NF 66746 00752 (point)
Map sheet NF60SE
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

B53 (NF667007) Abandoned croft complex. Blackhouse 6 x 4 m with one room, and door to north a small enclosed yard to the front with very lush vegetation (midden site?), two small enclosed garden plots to rear, and traces of three small fields to the east, west and south. That on the west has a gateway to the stream, and to the north is an area of lazy-bedding.
Branigan and Foster 2000, 30

[NB 6 fig. grid ref. only, so inaccurate. CSB 19/4/01].


Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ..., 30 (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. 30.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Apr 19 2001 12:00AM

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