Monument record 9947 - VN62 North Vatersay

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?Roundhouse

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Grid reference NL 63341 95743 (point)
Map sheet NL69NW
Island Vatersay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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VN62 (NL633957) A very pronounced grassed mound 12.2 x 11.9 m with heavily embedded stone blcoks, average 0.7 m length. On the east-south-east side there are traces of wall facing. One small sherd of handmade pottery in a reddish-brown gritty fabric was found in rabbit spoil. Prehistoric roundhouse.

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.

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  • --- 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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Mar 20 2003 2:43PM

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