Monument record 9592 - BY23, Berneray

Summary

Shelter and enclosure

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Grid reference NL 55913 79775 (point)
Map sheet NL57NE
Island Berneray, Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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BY23: complex of mound and shelters. slope of southern plateau. Oval mound with rounded shelter with further rectilinear shelter adjacent.
BY23a: Shelter. Circular, 1.5m dia, group of stones set in semblance of round shelter, but with disarranged stonework, is built on the north-west flank of a 2.5m dia mound.
BY23b: shelter. L-shaped stone settin built west from the mound, 3 x 1.75m, which could forma shelter or map be part of a larger building that includes 23a.
Branigan & Foste 2000, 135


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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Jan 3 2002 12:00AM

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