Monument record 10052 - VS59 South Vatersay

Summary

Blackhouse

Location

Grid reference Centred NL 64840 94367 (72m by 70m)
Map sheet NL69SW
Island Vatersay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

VS59 (NL648943) Heavily ruined and embedded remains of oblong building, 6.5 x 4 m, walls 0.75 m wide, with a narrow door (0.75 m) in east-facing wall. Small blackhouse.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 52

This structure appears to be part of a small farmstead. It is located in an elevated position on the end of a small ridge of outcropping rock and is within a south facing, sloping field system of lazybeds, bounded to the north by a stone and turf dyke.
KM 21/02/2023


Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ... (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- 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

Jun 27 2024 3:27PM

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