Monument record 9587 - BY12, Berneray, Barra

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Shelter or shieling

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Grid reference NL 55778 80495 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Island Berneray, Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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BY12: Shelter. Lower coastal hill-slope. Rectangular, 4 x 2.2m, shelter divided by a cross-wall into two cells set end on against enclosure wall. The 2m square cell nearest the enclosure wall has a raised floor of stone that may be to provide a dry bench bed. The entrance cell is marked by set stones only.
Branigan & Foster 2000, 132


Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ... (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.

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  • --- 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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Record last edited

Sep 19 2001 12:00AM

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