Monument record 9385 - MY191 MINGULAY

Summary

Shieling complex

Location

Grid reference NL 56486 82275 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Island Mingulay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

MY191 (NL56488227) Shieling complex.
Location: Bottom of mid-slope on sloping bench.
Description: Rectangular platform and enclosure attached to the inside of the island head dyke wall. A shelter on the platform is butted to the head dyke.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 109

MY191a (NL56488227) Enclosure and platform.
Location: As above.
Description: Rectangular, 10.5 x 5.6 m, enclosure on grassy platform.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 109

MY191b (NL56488227) Shelter.
Location: As above.
Description: Rectangular, 2 x 1.5 m, single-cell stone shelter inside the enclosure and butted against head dyke wall with entrance into the enclosure to the west.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 109


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 26 2001 12:00AM

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