Monument record 10011 - VS11 South Vatersay

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Enclosed cultivation plot

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Grid reference NL 62350 94655 (point)
Map sheet NL69SW
Island Vatersay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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VS11 (NL623946) Subrectangular enclosure, 40 x 28 m, formed partly by rock outcrops and steep hillside and partly by a line of orthostats. There are traces of lazy bedding inside the enclosure, so this is presumably an enclosed cultivation plot.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 50


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 25 2003 12:22PM

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