Monument record 9696 - Little Bernera, Lewis

Summary

Oval prehistoric building or possibly cairn

Location

Grid reference NB 14342 40573 (point)
Map sheet NB14SW
Island Bernera
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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Full Description

An oval building, very like a small version of the megalithic house/cairn at Steinacleit (smr no.xxxx). The insides of the walls are faced with orthostats, and the form, with a large central open area, walls c. 1.5m thick, and alcoves, suggests a domestic building rather than a cairn. If it is contemporary with its parallels in the Northern Isles, then this would be an early Neolithic building, but given the rarity of buildings of this type in the Western Isles, the dating must at best be tentative.
MML 2.5.2002

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Record last edited

May 2 2002 12:00AM

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