Monument record 10027 - VS33 South Vatersay
Summary
Location
Grid reference | NL 62770 93898 (point) |
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Map sheet | NL69SW |
Island | Vatersay |
Parish | BARRA, Western Isles |
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Full Description
VS33 (NL628939) Roughly semicircular earth and stone bank, c. 35 m diam, built up to a rock face. On the south side there is a gap in the bank, flanked on the west by the standing stone VS32. West of the stone is a smaller banked structure, c. 8 x 4 m, built up to the main bank. A sheep pen with an internal lambing pen?
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 51
The monument known as Beinn Ruilibreac, standing stones and enclosure 360m ESE of, Vatersay, comprises a standing stone and associated enclosure that are to be found iin rough and rocky ground on the SE of Ben Rulibreck on Vatersay. The area to be scheduled is rectangular and measures 50m SW-NE by 30m transversely, to include the stone, enclosures, and an area around in which associated remains may survive.
HS scheduling document 9.3.2005
Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ... (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SWE41033 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
Apr 25 2003 1:42PM