Monument record 9541 - MY355 Mingulay

Summary

Shieling & fank

Location

Grid reference NL 56893 83796 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Island Mingulay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

MY355: Complex of pen and shelter. Mid hill-slope in dyke. Half-circle enclosure pen set against the dyke rock wall with a shelter set to one side.
MY355a: Pen. Circular, 6m in diam., half-circle wall os spaced stones set on a platform and butted to the dyke wall.
MY355b: Shelter. Possible (sic) circular, 1.3m diam., single cell, but mostly it appears to be a mass of tumbeld rock. Set at the eastern end of the enclosure.
Branigan & Foster 2000, 120


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.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jun 19 2001 12:00AM

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