Monument record 9876 - G75 Greian

Summary

Blackhouse complex

Location

Grid reference NF 67975 03573 (point)
Map sheet NF60SE
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (5)

Full Description

G75 (NF680035) Complex of structures on rocky shelf surrounding site G74. East of G74 are two adjoining buildings, 8.9 x 5.7 m and 5.6 x 5.9 m, the larger with a door to the north and the smaller with a door to the south. Blackhouse and byre. West of G74 are two further adjoining structures, 9.2 x 5.2 m and 4.7 x 4 m. The larger building may have an internal partition, and the smaller a raised platform at one end. No doors are visible. Blackhouse and drying shed. A fifth building, 5.3 m square, is immediately south of G74. This is very embedded and robbed, and could be contemporary with G74; it certainly appears earlier than the other buildings of G75. To the west of the site a pen or possibly a raised garden platform is built against a rock outcrop, and a much smaller platform, 8 x 7 m, is located to the east on a south-facing slope.

Brannigan and Foster 2000, 40


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

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- 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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Record last edited

Feb 18 2003 10:55AM

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