Monument record 9767 - C9 Cueir, Barra
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NF 67450 03052 (point) |
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Map sheet | NF60SE |
Island | Barra |
Parish | BARRA, Western Isles |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
C9 (NF674030) Prominent grassed mound, 17.2 x 13.5 m, 2 m high, with complex and damaged, heavily embedded stone structure on the summit, 11 x 7.6 m. It appears to comprise at least three rooms or cells, but they may not all be contemporary. On the south side, a shell midden is exposed underlying the wall foundation. Shieling huts overlying earlier prehistoric? Site.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 34
NB Six figure grid reference only, RCB
Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ... (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SWE41033 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
Jan 21 2003 3:48PM