Monument record 9440 - MY252 MINGULAY

Summary

Peat dryer

Location

Grid reference NL 56746 84725 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Island Mingulay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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Full Description

MY252 (NL56748472) Peat dryer.
Location: Shelf on hill-slope.
Description: Subrectangular, 2.8 x 2.3 m, low flat mound with a massive stone slab, a metre long, set on edge as a facade at one end. There are a few side stones, but they have mostly fallen away.
Note: Severe damage from rabbit burrowing and wind erosion.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 114


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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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Apr 27 2001 12:00AM

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