Monument record 9889 - G88 Greian

Summary

Blackhouse, drying shed and byre?

Location

Grid reference NF 67127 04146 (point)
Map sheet NF60SE
Island Barra
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

G88 (NF671041) Complex of buildings and pen. Oblong building, 9.6 x 6.5 m, door in middle of west wall. To the east is a second building, 11.27 x 6.35 m. The door is in the centre of east wall, with a platform built into the north end and traces of a partition at the south end. Nearby a large pen or enclosure, 34 x 9 m, has a small thick-walled building 5.7 x 4.1 m on a raised platform at its north-east corner. Blackhouse, drying shed, and byre?

Brannigan and Foster 2000, 41


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 11:54AM

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