Monument record 1397 - MINGULAY

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3 boat nausts

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Grid reference NL 56680 83120 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Island Mingulay
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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NL58SE 14 5668 8312.

3 seaward-facing structures, probably boat nausts, c. 5m above HWM with an expanse of smooth gently-sloping rock to seaward. The nausts are composed of upright slabs up to 0.7m high.
C B Buxton 1981.

MY32 (NL 5667 8311) Noost.
Location: Low cliff edge grassy bench.
Description: Boat-shaped open-ended (to the sea) subrectangular spaced stone settings used to lash down upturned boats when out of service.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 98


C B Buxton, 1981, The Archaeology of Mingulay Bay, Mingulay, Outer Hebrides, 36 (Unpublished document). SWE11894.

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

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  • --- Unpublished document: C B Buxton. 1981. The Archaeology of Mingulay Bay, Mingulay, Outer Hebrides. 36.
  • --- 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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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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