Monument record 9942 - VN57 North Vatersay

Summary

Cairn?

Location

Grid reference NL 62225 96057 (point)
Map sheet NL69NW
Island Vatersay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

VN57 (NL622960) A grassed mound 5.8 m diam., enclosed within an egg-shaped spaced kerb comprised on the east side and two ends of stone blocks and on the south by a curving line of bedrock. The kerb enclosed area is 26.4 m north-south, and 6.7 m across its broad north end. Possibly a prehistoric cairn.

Brannigan and Foster 2000, 43


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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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 20 2003 2:24PM

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