Monument record 10046 - VS53 South Vatersay

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Boat-shaped stone setting

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Grid reference NL 64729 94580 (point)
Map sheet NL69SW
Island Vatersay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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VS53 (NL647946) Boat-shaped stone setting, 5.5 x 2.5 m, oriented north north-west - south south-east, with nine perimeter stones in situ and two tumbled/pulled from line. The prow and stern have both been largely robbed out. Date and purpose uncertain.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 52


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 2:58PM

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