Monument record 9850 - G53 Greian Barra

Summary

Pen and associated hut or byre

Location

Grid reference NF 68301 03553 (point)
Map sheet NF60SE
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

G53 (NF684036) Semicircular stone and earth wall forming an enclosure 11.5 x 9 m against a rock face. On the S side the enclosure wall is interuppted by a rectangular building 6 x 3.5 m. Pen and associated hut or byre.

Branigan and Foster 2000, 39.

Site location needs refining; not located in the Rathmell walkover survey.
KM 29/01/2025


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

Rathmell Archaeology Ltd, 2024, Cleat & Grean Quarry, Barra: Archaeological Impact Assessment (Unpublished document). SWE41357.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster. 2000. From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles .... SEARCH vol 5.
  • --- Unpublished document: Rathmell Archaeology Ltd. 2024. Cleat & Grean Quarry, Barra: Archaeological Impact Assessment.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 29 2025 10:10AM

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