Monument record 9868 - G69 Greian, Barra

Summary

Blackhouse and byre

Location

Grid reference NF 68269 03500 (point)
Map sheet NF60SE
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

G69 (NF683035) Oblong thick-walled building, 11.7 x 5.8 m, door at south-west corner 1 m wide. No trace of internal partition or secondary features. Immediately south-west of the builidng is a smaller structure, 5.5 x 4.2 m, with a door in one corner. Blackhouse and byre.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 40

NF 6828 0350
Remains of rectangular stone enclosure or garden plot on stream bank beneath power line
NF 68270348
Rectangular blackhouse with doorway at S end of W wall
NF 6826 0347
Small rectangular building with possible doorway in N wall
Knott 2001, 19


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

Carol Knott, 2001, Barra & Vatersay Survey, Western Isles (Unpublished document). SWE41119.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Carol Knott. 2001. Barra & Vatersay Survey, Western Isles.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Feb 10 2003 11:37AM

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