Monument record 9997 - VN124 North Vatersay

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Shelter, shieling

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Grid reference NL 64045 95851 (point)
Map sheet NL69NW
Island Vatersay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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VN124 (NL640958) Rectangular stone structure, 6 x 3 m, incorporating a large rock, with a short partition wall inside south-facing door. Outside the door a revetted platform about 1.5 m wide has been built the length of the structure. Sophisticated version of shelter type D?

Brannigan and Foster 2000, 47


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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Apr 18 2003 2:26PM

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