Monument record 9254 - MY105 MINGULAY

Summary

Shieling complex

Location

Grid reference NL 56115 82695 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Island Mingulay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

MY105 (NL56118269) Shieling complex.
Location: Lower valley hill-slope.
Description: Oval shape, internal divisions, 7.5 x 5.5 m ellipse with circle inside.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 104

MY105a (NL56118269) Shieling.
Location: As above.
Description: Oval, 7.5 x 5.5 m, single-cell ellipsoid of a banked earthen wall foundation with a few stones embedded.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 104

MY105b (NL56118269) Shieling.
Location: As above.
Description: Circular, diam. 1.5. A mass of stonework piled within and on the oval bank. A particular mass of stones forms a wall across the inside of the oval while the rest are disarranged all around the eastern end.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 104


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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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Apr 23 2001 12:00AM

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